# Fragmenta Moralia 640

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 640. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/640

Stobaeus eclog. II 7 p. 95, 24 W. Φασὶ μηδὲ συγγνώμην ἔχειν ⟨μηδενὶ τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντα· τοῦ γὰρ αὐτοῦ συγγώμην τε ἔχειν⟩ καὶ νομίζειν τὸν ἡμαρτηκότα μὴ παρ’ αὑτὸν ἡμαρτηκέναι, πάντων ἁμαρτανόντων παρὰ τὴν ἰδίαν κακίαν· διὸ καὶ δεόντως λέγεσθαι τὸ μηδὲ συγγνώμην ἔχειν τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν. Οὐκ ἐπιεικῆ δέ φασιν εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα, τὸν γὰρ ἐπιεικῆ παραιτητικὸν εἶναι τῆς κατ’ ἀξίαν κολάσεως καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἶναι ἐπιεικῆ τε εἶναι καὶ ὑπολαμβάνειν τὰς ἐκ τοῦ νόμου τεταγμένας κολάσεις τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι σκληροτέρας εἶναι καὶ τὸ ἡγεῖσθαι παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀπονέμειν τὰς κολάσεις τὸν νομοθέτην.

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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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