# Ὁμίλαι 2.8

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.8

Πείθει δὲ ἕκαστον ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ζητοῦντα μαθεῖν οὐ πάντως τὸ ἀληθές, ἀλλὰ τὸ τέρπον. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἄλλον ἄλλο τέρπει, ἄλλου ἄλλο κρατεῖ ὡς ἀληθές. τὸ δὲ ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ δοκοῦν τῷ προφήτη, οὐ τὸ ἑκάστῳ ἡδύ. πολλὰ γὰρ ἄν ἦν τὸ ἕν, εἰ τὸ τέρπον ἀληθὲς ἦν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀδύνατον. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων φιλόλογοι, οὐ φιλόσοφοι, διὰ στοχασμῶν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐπιβάντες, πολλὰ καὶ διάφορα ἐδογμάτισαν, τὴν οἰκείαν τῶν ὑποθέσεων ἀκολουθίαν ἀλήθειαν εἶναι νομίσαντες, οὐκ εἰδότες ὅτι αὐτῶν ψευδεῖς ἀρχὰς ἑαυτοῖς ὁρισαμένων, τῇ μὲν ἀρχῇ αὐτῶν τὸ τέλος συμφωνίαν εἴληφεν.

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Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, ed. Albert Schwegler. 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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