# Fragmenta Moralia 742

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 742. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/742

Origenes contra Celsum IV 96 Vol. I p. 368, 23 Kö. (p. 574 Del.). Χρὴ δ’ εἰδέναι ὅτι τὸ τὰ μέλλοντα προγιγνώσκειν οὐ πάντως θεῖόν ἐστι· καθ’ αὑτὸ γὰρ μέσον ἐστὶ καὶ πῖπτον εἰς φαύλους καὶ ἀστείους· καὶ ἰατροὶ γοῦν ἀπὸ ἰατρικῆς προγιγνώσκουσί τινα, κἂν φαῦλοι τὸ ἦθος τυγχάνωσιν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ κυβερνῆται, κἂν μοχθηροὶ τυγχάνωσιν ὄντες, προγιγνώσκουσιν ἐπισημασίας καὶ ἀνέμων σφοδρότητας καὶ τροπὰς περὶ τὸ περιέχον ἔκ τινος πείρας καὶ τηρήσεως καὶ οὐ δήπου παρὰ τοῦτο θείους τις ἂν αὐτοὺς εἶναι φήσειε, ἂν τύχωσι μοχθηροὶ εἶναι τὸ ἦθος.

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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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