# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 6.1-2

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, 6.1 to 6.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/6.1

Καὶ σχεδὸν ἅπαντες, ὧν δὴ καὶ λόγος τίς ἐστιν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, ἢ μικρὸν ἢ μεῖζον εἰς δύναμιν ἕκαστος ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτῶν συγγράμμασιν ἀρετῆς ἔπαινον διεξῆλθον, οἷς πειστέον καὶ πειρατέον ἐπὶ τοῦ βίου δεικνύναι τοὺς λόγους. ὡς ὅ γε τὴν ἄχρι ῥημάτων παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις φιλοσοφίαν ἔργῳ βεβαιῶν, οἶος πέπνυται, τοὶ δὲ σκιαὶ ἀΐσσουσι. Καί μοι δοκεῖ τὸ τοιοῦτον παραπλήσιον εἶναι, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ ζωγράφου θαυμαστόν τι οἷον κάλλος ἀνθρώπου μιμησαμένου, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς εἴη τοιοῦτος ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, οἷον ἐπὶ τῶν πινάκων ἐκεῖνος ἔδειξεν.

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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/.