# Fragmenta Moralia 764

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 764. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/764

Alexander Aphrod. de anima libri mant. p. 168, 1 Bruns. καθόλου δέ, εἰ ἡ ἀρετὴ αὐτάρκης πρὸς τὸ παρασχέσθαι τὸν βίον ἡμῶν ἄκρως εὐδαίμονα καὶ μακάριον, πῶς εὔλογος ἐξαγωγὴ τῷ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχοντι, ἐν μακαρίῳ βίῳ ὄντι; ὡς γὰρ ἄτοπον τὸ λέγειν τὸν Δία ἐθέλειν ἀποθανεῖν, οὕτως ἄτοπον καὶ τὸν ἐπίσης τούτῳ μακαρίως ζῶντα ἑαυτὸν ἐξάγειν εὐλόγως τοῦδε τοῦ βίου, τῶν μὲν σωματικῶν καὶ ἐκτὸς ἀδιαφόρων ὄντων καὶ μήτε ποιούντων τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν μήτε ἀναιρούντων, τῆς δὲ ἀρετῆς, ἣ μόνη καὶ κατασκευάζει τὸν μακάριον βίον καὶ φυλάττει βέβαιον παροῦσα, μηδέποτ’ ἂν ἀπολειπούσης τὸν σοφόν. — — πῶς γὰρ εὔλογον τὴν ἀρετὴν τοῦθ’ ὑποβάλλειν τῷ σοφῷ;

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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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