# Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum) 5

Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), Περὶ τοῦ ἠθικοῦ εἴδους τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arius-didymus/liber-de-philosophorum-sectis-epitome-ap-stobaeum/5

Οὕτω μὲν οὖν ἡ Φίλωνος ἔχει διαίρεσις. Ἐγὼ δ’ εἰ μὲν ἀργοτέρως διεκείμην, ἀρκεσθεὶς ἂν αὐτῇ συνεῖρον ἤδη τὰ περὶ τῶν ἀρεσκόντων, τῇ τῆς ἑξαμερείας ἐπικουφιζόμενος περιγραφῇ· ἡγούμενος δ’ ἐμαυτῷ πρέπειν πρὸ παντὸς τὴν οὐσίαν δεῖν ἐπισκοπεῖν οὗ τις πραγματεύεται, κἄπειτα ποιότητα τὴν περὶ αὐτὴν καὶ ποσότητα, καὶ τούτοις ἐφεξῆς τὸ πρὸς τί, νομίζω προσεπιπονητέον τε εἶναι καὶ τὰ ἄλλων ἐπισκοπεῖν, καθάπερ οὐ πάντων, οὕτω τῶν περὶ ταῦτα διενεγκάντων.

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Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0529.tlg002.local001/.