# Fragmenta Moralia 224

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 224. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/224

Clemens Al. Strom, VII 3 p. 839 Pott. οὔτε γὰρ φύσει τὴν ἀρετὴν γεννώμεθα ἔχοντες οὔτε γενομένοις ὥσπερ ἄλλα τινὰ τῶν τοῦ σώματος μερῶν φυσικῶς ὕστερον ἐπιγίγνεται· ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ἂν ἦν ἔθ’ ἑκούσιον οὐδὲ ἐπαινετόν· οὐδὲ μὴν ἐκ τῆς τῶν συμβάντων [καὶ] ἐπιγενομένης συνηθείας, ὃν τρόπον ἡ διάλεκτος, τελειοῦται ἡ ἀρετή· σχεδὸν γὰρ ἡ κακία τοῦτον ἐγγίγνεται τὸν τρόπον· οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ἐκ τέχνης τινὸς ἤτοι τῶν ποριστικῶν ἢ τῶν περὶ τὸ σῶμα θεραπευτικῶν ἡ γνῶσις περιγίγνεται· ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐκ παιδείας τῆς ἐγκυκλίου etc.

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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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