# Fragmenta Moralia 630

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 630. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/630

Stobaeus ecl. II 108, 5 W. Τὸν δὲ σπουδαῖον, ὁμιλητικὸν ὄντα καὶ ἐπιδέξιον καὶ προτρεπτικὸν καὶ θηρευτικὸν διὰ τῆς ὁμιλίας εἰς εὔνοιαν καὶ φιλίαν, ὡς δυνατὸν εὐάρμοστον εἶναι πρὸς πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων, παρ’ ὃ καὶ ἐπαφρόδιτον εἶναι καὶ ἐπίχαριν καὶ πιθανόν, ἔτι δὲ αἱμύλον καὶ εὔστοχον καὶ εὔκαιρον καὶ ἀγχίνουν καὶ ἀφελῆ καὶ ἀπερίεργον καὶ ἁπλοῦν καὶ ἄπλαστον· τὸν δὲ φαῦλον ἔνοχον πᾶσι τοῖς ἐναντίοις. Τὸ δ’ εἰρωνεύεσθαι φαύλων εἶναί φασιν, οὐδένα γὰρ ἐλεύθερον καὶ σπουδαῖον εἰρωνεύεσθαι· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὸ σαρκάζειν, ὅ ἐστιν εἰρωνεύεσθαι μετ’ ἐπισυρμοῦ τινος. Ἐν μόνοις τε τοῖς σοφοῖς ἀπολείπουσι φιλίαν, ἐπεὶ ἐν μόνοις τούτοις ὁμόνοια γίνεται περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον· τὴν δ’ ὁμόνοιαν εἶναι κοινῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐπιστήμην. Φιλίαν γὰρ ἀληθινὴν καὶ μὴ ψευδώνυμον ἀδύνατον χωρὶς πίστεως καὶ βεβαιότητος ὑπάρχειν· ἐν δὲ τοῖς φαύλοις, ἀπίστοις καὶ ἀβεβαίοις οὖσι καὶ δόγματα πολεμικὰ κεκτημένοις, οὐκ εἶναι φιλίαν, ἑτέρας δέ τινας ἐπιπλοκὰς καὶ συνδέσεις ἔξωθεν ἀνάγκαις καὶ δόξαις κατεχομένας γίνεσθαι. Φασὶ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἀγαπᾶν καὶ τὸ ἀσπάζεσθαι καὶ τὸ φιλεῖν μόνων εἶναι σπουδαίων.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1264.tlg002.local001/.