# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 10.4

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/10.4

αὐτῆς ὠφέλειαν ὡρίζετο. ἐγὼ δέ, κἂν τὸ Τιθωνοῦ τις γῆρας, κἂν τὸ Ἀργανθωνίου λέγῃ, κἂν τὸ τοῦ μακροβιωτάτου παρ’ ἡμῖν Μαθουσάλα, ὃς χίλια ἔτη, τριάκοντα δεόντων, βιῶναι λέγεται, κἂν σύμπαντα τὸν ἀφ’ οὗ γεγόνασιν ἄνθρωποι, χρόνον ἀναμετρῇ, ὡς ἐπὶ παίδων διανοίας γελάσομαι, εἰς τὸν μακρὸν ἀποσκοπῶν καὶ ἀγήρω αἰῶνα, οὗ πέρας οὐδέν ἐστι τῇ ἐπινοίᾳ λαβεῖν, οὐ μᾶλλόν γε ἢ τελευτὴν ὑποθέσθαι τῆς ἀθανάτου ψυχῆς.

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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, ed. Roy J. Deferrari. 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/tlg2040.tlg002.local001/.