# Fragmenta Moralia 521

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 521. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/521

Plutarchus de Stoic. repugn. cp. 11 p. 1037e. (Χρύσιππος ἐν τῷ περὶ Νόμου̣) Καὶ τὸν ἰατρὸν τῷ μαθητῇ προστάττειν λέγουσι τεμεῖν καὶ καῦσαι, κατὰ παράλειψεν τοῦ εὐκαίρως καὶ μετρίως· καὶ τὸν μουσικὸν λυρίσαι καὶ ᾆσαι, κατὰ παράλειψιν τοῦ ἐμμελῶς καὶ συμφώνως· διὸ τοὺς ταῦτα ποιήσαντας ἀτέχνως καὶ κακῶς κολάζουσιν· [ὡς] προσετάχθη γὰρ ὀρθῶς οἱ δ’ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἐποίησαν. Οὐκοῦν καὶ ὁ σοφὸς τῷ θεράποντι προστάττων εἰπεῖν τι καὶ πρᾶξαι, κἂν μὴ εὐκαίρως τοῦτο πράξῃ μηδὲ ὡς δεῖ κολάζων, δῆλός ἐστι κατόρθωμα προστάττων, οὐ μέσον· εἰ δὲ μέσα προστάττουσιν οἱ σοφοὶ τοῖς φαύλοις, τί κωλύει καὶ τὰ τοῦ νόμου προστάγματα τοιαῦτα εἶναι.

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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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