# Fragmenta Moralia 238

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 238. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/238

Simplicius in Aristot. categ. f. 102A ed. Bas. (ἐκ μὲν φαύλου σπουδαῖος γίνεται) τὸ δ’ ἀνάπαλιν οἱ Στωϊκοὶ οὐ διδόασιν. οὐκ εἶναι γάρ φασιν ἀποβλητὴν τὴν ἀρετήν. ibid. B. Πρὸς δὴ ταῦτα ῥᾴδιον λέγειν, ὡς πρόχειρον εἴληπται τὸ ἀναπόβλητον εἶναι τὴν ἀρετήν. καὶ γὰρ Θεόφραστος περὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς αὐτῆς ἱκανῶς ἀπέδειξε καὶ Ἀριστοτέλει δοκεῖ, οὐκ ἀνθρώπειον εἶναι τὸ ἀναπόβλητον· ἔτι δὲ καὶ οἱ Στωϊκοὶ ἐν μελαγχολίαις καὶ κάροις καὶ ληθάργοις καὶ ἐν φαρμάκων λήψεσι συγχωροῦσιν ἀποβολὴν γίνεσθαι μεθ’ ὅλης τῆς λογικῆς ἕξεως καὶ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀρετῆς, κακίας μὲν οὐκ ἀντεισαγομένης, τῆς δὲ βεβαιότητος χαλωμένης καὶ εἰς ἣν λέγουσιν ἕξιν μέσην οἱ παλαιοὶ μεταπιπτούσης.

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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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