# Fragmenta Moralia 345

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 345. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/345

Lactant. div. instit. V 17. In omnibus enim videmus animalibus, quia sapientia carent, conciliatricem sui esse naturam. Nocent igitur aliis, ut sibi prosint; nesciunt enim, quia malum est nocere. Homo vero, qui scientiam boni ac mali habet, abstinet se a nocendo, etiam cum incommodo suo; quod animal irrationale facere non potest: et ideo inter summas hominis virtutes innocentia numeratur. Quibus rebus apparet, sapientissimum esse, qui mavult perire, ne noceat, ut id officium, quo a mutis discernitur servet.

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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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