# Fragmenta Moralia 684

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 684. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/684

Stobaeus eclog. II 7 p. 105, 11 Wachsm. Μηδὲ γὰρ τὴν κατ’ ἀξίαν ποιεῖσθαι δόσιν τῆς ἀρετῆς τῶν φαύλων τινά, σπουδαῖον μὲν γὰρ εἶναι τὴν δόσιν, ἐπιστήμην οὖσαν, καθ’ ἣν ἀξιόλογόν τι ἡγούμεθα περιποιεῖσθαι. Τῶν δὲ σπουδαίων μηδὲν εἰς φαύλους πίπτειν, ὥστε μηδὲ τὴν ἀξίαν τῆς ἀρετῆς δόσιν ποιεῖσθαί τινα τῶν φαύλων. Εἰ γὰρ τὴν κατ’ ἀξίαν τις ἐποιεῖτο δόσιν τῶν ἀφρόνων τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἐφ’ ὅσον ἐτίμα ταύτην, ἀπῳκονομεῖτο ἂν τὴν κακίαν. Πᾶς δέ τις ἄφρων σύνεστιν ἡδέως τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ. Σκοπεῖν γὰρ δεῖ μὴ τὸν ἐξώφορον αὐτῶν λόγον, φαῦλον ὄντα, ἀλλὰ τὸν τῶν πράξεων. Ἐκ τούτων γὰρ ἀπελέγχονται [καὶ] μὴ περὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ σπουδαῖα παρωρμημένοι, ἀλλὰ περὶ τὰς ἀνδραποδώδεις ἀμέτρους ἀπολαύσεις.

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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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