# Fragmenta Moralia 405

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 405. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/405

Clemens Al. Strom. II p. 491 Pott. (allato notissimo illo Sardanapalli epigrammate): καθόλου γὰρ οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον τὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς πάθος, ἐπακολούθημα δὲ χρείαις τισὶ φυσικαῖς, πείνῃ, δίψει, ῥίγει, γάμῳ. Εἰ γοῦν ταύτης δίχα πιεῖν οἷόν τε ἦν ἢ τροφῆς προσίεσθαι ἢ παιδοποιεῖν, ἐδείχθη ἂν οὐδεμία ἑτέρα χρεία ταύτης. Οὔτε γὰρ ἐνέργεια, οὔτε διάθεσις οὐδὲ μὴν μέρος τι ἡμέτερον ἡδονή· ἀλλ’ ὑπουργίας ἕνεκα παρῆλθεν εἰς τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ τοὺς ἅλας φασὶ τῆς παραπέψεως τῆς τροφῆς χάριν. Ἡ δὲ ἀφηνιάσασα καὶ τοῦ οἴκου κατακρατήσασα, πρώτην ἐπιθυμίαν γεννᾷ, ἔφεσιν καὶ ὄρεξιν οὖσαν ἄλογον τοῦ κεχαρισμένου αὐτῇ. (Deinde impugnatur Epicurus, laudantur Diogenis ex quadam tragoedia, Antisthenis, Cratetis in voluptatem invectivae, Philemonis porro comici de Zenone Citiensi testimonium).

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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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