# Fragmenta Moralia 236

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 236. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/236

Clemens Al. Strom. I p. 368 Pott. Οὔτε δὲ οἱ ἔπαινοι οὔτε οἱ ψόγοι οὐθ’ αἱ τιμαὶ οὐθ’ αἱ κολάσεις δίκαιαι, μὴ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐχούσης τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς ὁρμῆς καὶ ἀφορμῆς, ἀλλ’ ἀκουσίου τῆς κακίας οὔσης. － － Ἐπεὶ δὲ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων προαίρεσις καὶ ὁρμὴ κατάρχει, διημαρτημένη δὲ ὑπόληψις ἔσθ’ ὅτε κρατεῖ, ἧς ἀγνοίας καὶ ἀμαθίας οὔσης ὀλιγωροῦμεν ἀποστῆναι, εἰκότως ἐκόλασεν (scil. ὁ θεός). Καὶ γὰρ τὸ πυρέττειν ἀκούσιον· ἀλλ’ ὅταν δι’ ἑαυτόν τις καὶ δι’ ἀκρασίαν πυρέττῃ, αἰτιώμεθα τοῦτον. Οὕτως δὲ καὶ τῆς κακίας, ἀκουσίου οὔσης· οὐ γὰρ αἱρεῖταί τις κακὸν ᾗ κακόν· τῇ δὲ περὶ αὐτὸ ἡδονῇ συναπαγόμενος, ἀγαθὸν ὑπολαβών, ληπτὸν ἡγεῖται.

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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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