# Fragmenta Moralia 366

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 366. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/366

Stobaeus ecl. II 107, 14 W. περὶ δὲ εὐφυοῦς, ἔτι δὲ εὐγενοῦς οἱ μὲν τῶν ἐκ τῆς αἱρέσεως ἐπηνέχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ λέγειν πάντα σοφὸν τοιοῦτον εἶναι, οἱ δ’ οὔ. οἱ μὲν γὰρ οἴονται οὐ μόνον εὐφυεῖς γίγνεσθαι πρὸς ἀρετὴν ἐκ φύσεως, ἀλλὰ καί τινας ἐκ κατασκευῆς, καὶ τὸ ἐν ταῖς παροιμίας λεγόμενον τοῦτο ἀπεδέξαντο (frg. trag. adesp. 227 N.) μελέτη χρονισθεῖσ’ εἰς φύσιν καθίσταται, τὸ δ’ ὅμοιον καὶ περὶ εὐγενείας ὑπέλαβον, ὥστε εὐφυΐαν μὲν εἶνα κοινῶς ἕξιν ἐκ φύσεως ἢ ἐκ κατασκευῆς οἰκείαν πρὸς ἀρετήν, ἢ ἕξιν καθ’ ἣν εὐανάληπτοι ἀρετῆς εἰσί τινες· τὴν δ’ εὐγένειαν ἕξιν ἐκ γένους ἢ ἐκ κατασκευῆς οἰκείαν πρὸς ἀρετήν.

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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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