# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 8.3

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/8.3

οὐ γὰρ δὴ τῶν μὲν χειρωνακτῶν ἐστί τι πέρας τῆς ἐργασίας, τοῦ δὲ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου σκοπὸς οὐκ ἔστι, πρὸς ὃν ἀφορῶντα πάντα ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν χρὴ τόν γε μὴ τοῖς ἀλόγοις παντάπασι προσεοικέναι μέλλοντα; ἢ οὕτως ἂν εἴημεν ἀτεχνῶς κατὰ τῶν πλοίων τὰ ἀνερμάτιστα, οὐδενὸς ἡμῖν νοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς οἰάκων καθεζομένου, εἰκῆ κατὰ τὸν βίον ἄνω καὶ κάτω περιφερόμενοι.

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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/.