# Fragmenta Moralia 202

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 202. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/202

Philo Leg. Alleg. I § 56 Vol. I p. 75, 6 Wendl. (de arboribus horti Edem locutus). ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα αἵ τε κατὰ μέρος ἀρεταὶ καὶ αἱ κατ’ αὐτὰς ἐνέργειαι, καὶ τὰ κατορθώματα καὶ τὰ λεγόμενα παρὰ τοῖς φιλοσοφοῦσι καθήκοντα. § 57. ἔνιαι γὰρ τῶν τεχνῶν θεωρητικαὶ μέν εἰσιν, οὐ πρακτικαὶ δέ, γεωμετρία ἀστρονομία, ἔνιαι δὲ πρακτικαὶ μέν, οὐ θεωρητικαὶ δέ, τεκτονική, χαλκευτικὴ καὶ ὅσαι βάναυσοι λέγονται. ἡ δὲ ἀρετὴ καὶ θεωρητική ἐστι καὶ πρακτική. καὶ γὰρ θεωρίαν ἔχει, ὁπότε καὶ ἡ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ὁδὸς φιλοσοφία διὰ τῶν τριῶν αὐτῆς μερῶν, τοῦ λογικοῦ, τοῦ ἠθικοῦ, τοῦ φυσικοῦ. καὶ πρᾶξιν· ὅλου γὰρ τοῦ βίου ἐστὶ τέχνη ἡ ἀρετή, ἐν ᾧ καὶ αἱ σύμπασαι πράξεις. Ἀλλὰ καίτοι θεωρίαν ἔχουσα καὶ πρᾶξιν, πάλιν ἐν ἑκατέρῳ ὑπερβάλλει κατὰ τὸ κρεῖττον. Καὶ γὰρ ἡ θεωρία τῆς ἀρετῆς παγκάλη καὶ ἡ πρᾶξις καὶ ἡ χρῆσις περιμάχητος.

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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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