# Fragmenta Moralia 215

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 215. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/215

Plutarchus de Stoic. repugn. cp. 31 p. 1048d. εἴπερ οὖν ὁ θεὸς ἀρετὴν μὲν οὐ δίδωσιν ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τὸ καλὸν αὐθαίρετόν ἐστιν etc. Καίτοι εἰ μὲν δύνανται τὴν ἀρετὴν παρέχειν οἱ θεοί, οὔκ εἰσι χρηστοὶ μὴ παρέχοντες· εἰ δὲ μὴ δύνανται ποιεῖν ἀγαθούς, οὐδ’ ὠφελεῖν δύνανται, μηδενός γε τῶν ἄλλων ὄντος ἀγαθοῦ μηδ’ ὠφελίμου, τὸ δὲ τοὺς ἄλλως γενομένους ἀγαθοὺς κρίνειν κατ’ ἀρετὴν ἢ ἰσχὺν οὐδέν ἐστι· καὶ γὰρ τοὺς θεοὺς οἱ ἀγαθοὶ κρίνουσι κατ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ ἰσχύν· ὥστε μηδὲν μᾶλλον ὠφελεῖν ἢ ὠφελεῖσθαι τοὺς θεοὺς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

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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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