# Fragmenta Moralia 76

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/76

Diog. Laërt. VII 94. ἀγαθὸν δὲ κοινῶς μὲν τὸ τὶ ὄφελος, ἰδίως δὲ ἤτοι ταὐτὸν ἢ οὐχ ἕτερον ὠφελείας. ὅθεν αὐτήν τε τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ τὸ μετέχον αὐτῆς ἀγαθὸν τριχῶς οὕτως λέγεσθαι· οἷον τὸ 〈μὲν〉 ἀγαθὸν ἀφ’ οὗ συμβαίνει 〈ὠφελεῖσθαι, τὸ δὲ καθ’ ὃ συμβαίνει〉, ὡς τὴν πρᾶξιν τὴν κατ’ ἀρετήν· ὑφ’ οὗ δέ, ὡς τὸν σπουδαῖον τὸν μετέχοντα τῆς ἀρετῆς· (ἄλλως δὲ οὕτως ἰδίως ὁρίζονται τὸ ἀγαθὸν τὸ τέλειον κατὰ φύσιν λογικοῦ ὡς λογικοῦ. τοιοῦτον δ’ εἶναι τὴν ἀρετήν) ὥσ〈τε〉 μετέχοντα τάς τε πράξεις τὰς κατ’ ἀρετὴν καὶ τοὺς σπουδαίους εἶναι, ἐπιγεννήματα δὲ τήν τε χαρὰν καὶ τὴν εὐφροσύνην καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια. ὡσαύτως δὲ τῶν κακῶν τὸ μὲν εἶναι ἀφροσύνην, δειλίαν, ἀδικίαν καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια· μετέχοντα δὲ κακίας τάς τε πράξεις τὰς κατὰ κακίαν καὶ τοὺς φαύλους· ἐπιγεννήματα δὲ τήν τε δυσθυμίαν καὶ τὴν δυσφροσύνην καὶ τὰ ὅμοια.

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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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