# Fragmenta Moralia 239

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 239. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/239

Alexander Aphrod. de anima libri mant. p. 161, 16 Bruns. ἔτι εἰ οἷόν τε τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχοντα καὶ ἐν ληθάργῳ καὶ ἐν μελαγχολίᾳ καὶ ἐν σκοτώσει καὶ ἐν παρακοπῇ γενέσθαι, ἐν οἷς ὄντα ἀδύνατον κατ’ ἀρετὴν ἐνεργεῖν, οὐκ αὐτάρκης ἡ ἀρετὴ πρὸς τὰς οἰκείας ἐνεργείας. πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε λέγειν τὸν παρακόπτοντα καὶ δεσμῶν δεόμενον διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τῆς ἐκ τῶν φίλων βοηθείας φρονίμως ἐνεργεῖν τότε, μὴ βουλομένους θέσιν φυλάττειν; ἔτι εἰ ἡ ἀρετὴ τὰ μὲν διωθεῖ καὶ ἐκκλίνει τῶν ἀδιαφόρων κατὰ τούτους, τὰ δὲ αἱρεῖται καὶ ἐκλέγεται, οὐκ αὐτάρκης ἂν εἴη πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν. πῶς γὰρ εὐδαίμων ὁ ὢν ἐν τούτοις, ἃ ἡ ἀρετὴ διωθεῖται;

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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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