# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 3

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/3

Ἐκ παιδὸς οὖν ἐν τοιούτοις ὢν λογισμοῖς εἰς τὰς τῶν φιλοσόφων ἐφοίτων διατριβὰς, ὥστε τι βέβαιον ἐκεῖθεν μαθεῖν. ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτως οὐδὲν ἕτερον παρ’ αὐτοῖς τὸ σπουδυζόμενον ἑώρων ἢ δογμάτων ἀνασκευὰς καὶ κατασκευὰς, ἔριδάς τε καὶ συλλογισμῶν τέχνας καὶ δὴ καὶ λημμάτων ἐπινοίας· καί ποτε μὲν ἐπεκράτει φέρε λέγειν, ὅτι ἀθάνατος ἡ ψυχή, ποτὲ δὲ ὅτι θνητή. καὶ ὁτὲ μὲν λόγος ἐπικρατῶν ἦν, ὅτι ἀθάνατος ἡ ψυχὴ, ἔχαιρον, ὁτὲ δὲ ὅτι θνητὴ, ἠνιώμην, πλέον δὲ πάλιν ἠθύμουν, ὅτι οὐδ’ ὁποτέρων τις τὸν ἐμὸν βεβαιῶσαι νοῦν ἠδύνατο. πλὴν ἐνενόουν, ὅτι αἱ δόξαι τῶν ὑποθέσεων παρὰ τοὺς ἐκδικοῦντας ἢ ψευδεῖς ἢ ἀληθεῖς ἀποφαίνονται, καὶ οὐχ ὡς ἔχουσιν αὐταὶ ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν ἀληθείας καταλαμβάνονται. παρ’ ᾧ καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς πράγμασiν ἰλγγίων καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τῆς ψυχῆς βάθους ἐστέναζον. οὔτε γὰρ οἷός τε ἦν ἀποβαλέσθαι τὴν περὶ τούτων φροντίδα καίτοιγε σφόδρα βουλόμενος, ὡς ἥδη φθάσας ἐγνώρισα, οὒτε βέβαιόν τι καταλαβεῖν ἠδυνάμην.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, ed. Albert Dressel. 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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