# Fragmenta Moralia 766

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 766. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/766

Alexander Aphrod. de anima libri mant. p. 160, 24 Bruns. εἰ περὶ τὴν τῶν κατὰ φύσιν καὶ οἰκείων ἐκλογὴν ἡ ἐνέργεια τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ περὶ τὴν ἀποικονομίαν καὶ ἔκκλισιν τῶν τούτοις ἐναντίων, δεῖ δηλονότι παρεῖναι ἃ ἐκλέξεται. οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἀεὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ταῦτα πάρεστι· διὰ γοῦν τὴν τούτων ἔνδειαν ὁ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχων ἑαυτὸν ἐξάγει ποτέ. οὐδὲ γὰρ διὰ τὸ ἀδυνατεῖν ἐκλέγεσθαι ταῦτα ἡ ἐξαγωγή, ὅπερ ἔργον τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὴ παρεῖναι ἃ οὐκ ἐπ’ αὐτῇ.

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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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