# Fragmenta Moralia 512

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 512. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/512

Philo Leg. Alleg. III § 210 Vol. I p. 160, 2 Wendl. ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ φαῦλος ἔνια δρᾷ τῶν καθηκόντων οὐκ ἀφ’ ἕξεως καθηκούσης· καὶ ὁ μεθύων μέντοι καὶ μεμηνὼς ἔστιν ὅτε νηφάλια φθέγγεταί τε καὶ ποιεῖ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀπὸ νηφούσης διανοίας· καὶ οἱ ἔτι κομιδῇ νήπιοι παῖδες οὐκ ἀπὸ λογικῆς ἕξεως (οὔπω γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ φύσις λογικοὺς πεπαίδευκε) πολλὰ πράττουσι καὶ λέγουσι ὧν οἱ λογικοί. Βούλεται δὲ ὁ νομοθέτης τὸν σοφὸν μὴ σχετικῶς καὶ εὐαλώτως καὶ ὡς ἂν ἐκ τύχης εὐλόγιστον δοκεῖν εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ ἕξεως καὶ διαθέσεως εὐλογίστου.

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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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