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Origenes contra Celsum IV 64 Vol. I p. 334, 33 Kö. (p. 552 Delarue). (antecessit Chrysippi fragmentum ἐκ τῆς περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν εἰσαγωγῆς, unde sequentia indidem esse desumpta probabile): εἰ γὰρ καὶ μία τῶν ὅλων φύσις καὶ ἡ αὐτή, οὐ πάντως καὶ ἡ τῶν κακῶν γένεσις ἀεὶ ἡ αὐτή. ὡς γὰρ μιᾶς καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς οὔσης τῆς τοῦδέ τινος ἀνθρώπου φύσεως, οὐκ ἀεὶ τὰ αὐτά ἐστι περὶ τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς πράξεις, ὁτὲ μὲν οὐδὲ λόγον ἀνειληφότος ὁτὲ δὲ μετὰ τοῦ λόγου κακίαν καὶ ταύτην ἤτοι ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἢ ἐπ’ ἔλαττον χεομένην, καὶ ἔστιν ὅτε προτραπέντος ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ προκόπτοντος ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἢ ἐπ’ ἔλαττον, καὶ ἐνίοτε φθάνοντος καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐν πλείοσι θεωρίαις γινομένην ἢ ἐν ἐλάττοσιν· οὕτως ἔστιν εἰπεῖν μᾶλλον καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων φύσεως, ὅτι εἰ καὶ μία ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ τῷ γένει, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὰ αὐτὰ ἀεὶ οὐδ’ ὁμογενῆ συμβαίνει ἐν τοῖς ὅλοις· οὔτε γὰρ εὐφορίαι ἀεὶ οὔτ’ ἀφορίαι, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ἐπομβρίαι οὐδὲ αὐχμοί, οὕτω δὲ οὐδὲ ψυχῶν κρειττόνων εὐφορίαι τεταγμέναι ἢ ἀφορίαι καὶ χειρόνων ἐπὶ πλεῖον χύσις ἢ ἐπ’ ἔλαττον. Καὶ ἀναγκαῖόν γε τοῖς ἀκριβοῦν πάντα κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν βουλομένοις ὁ περὶ τῶν κακῶν λόγος οὐ μενόντων ἀεὶ ἐν ταὐτῷ διὰ τὴν ἤτοι τηροῦσαν τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς πρόνοιαν ἢ κατακλυσμοῖς καὶ ἐκπυρώσεσι καθαίρουσαν· καὶ τάχα οὐ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ, δεομένῳ καθαρσίου ὅταν πολλὴ ἡ κακία γένηται ἐν αὐτῷ