# Fragmenta Moralia 16

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/16

Stobaeus ecl. II 77, 16 W. Τέλος δέ φασιν εἶναι τὸ εὐδαιμονεῖν, οὗ ἕνεκα πάντα πράττεται, αὐτὸ δὲ πράττεται μὲν οὐδενὸς δὲ ἕνεκα· τοῦτο δὲ ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῷ κατ’ ἀρετὴν ζῆν, ἐν τῷ ὁμολογουμένως ζῆν, ἔτι, ταὐτοῦ ὄντος, ἐν τῷ κατὰ φύσιν ζῆν. Τὴν δὲ εὐδαιμονίαν ὁ Ζήνων ὡρίσατο τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον· εὐδαιμονία δ’ ἐστὶν εὔροια βίου. Κέχρηται δὲ καὶ Κλεάνθης τῷ ὅρῳ τούτῳ ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ συγγράμμασι καὶ ὁ Χρύσιππος καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τούτων πάντες, τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν εἶναι λέγοντες οὐχ ἑτέραν τοῦ εὐδαίμονος βίου, καίτοι γε λέγοντες τὴν μὲν εὐδαιμονίαν σκοπὸν ἐκκεῖσθαι, τέλος δ’ εἶναι τὸ τυχεῖν τῆς εὐδαιμονίας, ὅπερ ταυτὸν εἶναι τῷ εὐδαιμονεῖν. Δῆλον οὖν ἐκ τούτων, ὅτι ἰσοδυναμεῖ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν ζῆν καὶ τὸ καλῶς ζῆν καὶ τὸ εὖ ζῆν καὶ πάλιν τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν καὶ ἡ ἀρετὴ καὶ τὸ μέτοχον ἀρετῆς· καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ἀγαθὸν καλόν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ πᾶν αἰσχρὸν κακόν· δι’ ὃ καὶ τὸ Στωϊκὸν τέλος ἶσον δύνασθαι τῷ κατ’ ἀρετὴν βίῳ.

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Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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.
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