# Excerpta ex Theodoto 73

Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Chapter 73. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/excerpta-ex-theodoto/73

Διὰ δὴ τοὺς ἀντικειμένους, οἳ διὰ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῶν ἐκτὸς ἐπιβατεύουσι τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ ἐνεχυράζουσιν εἰς δουλείαν, οἱ [δὲ] δεξιοὶ οὔκ εἰσιν ἱκανοὶ παρακολουθοῦντες σῴζειν καὶ φυλάσσειν ἡμᾶς. οὐ γάρ εἰσι τέλεον προνοητικοί, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀγαθὸς ποιμήν, ἀλλὰ μισθωτῷ παραπλήσιος ἕκαστος, τὸν λύκον ὁρῶντι προσιόντα καὶ φεύγοντι καὶ οὐ προθύμῳ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων προβάτων ἐπιδιδόναι. προσέτι δὲ καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὑπὲρ οὗ ἡ μάχη, ἀσθενὲς ὂν ζῷον, εὐεπίφορόν ἐστι πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον καὶ τοῖς μισοῦσι συλλαμβανόμενον· ὅθεν καὶ πλείω τὰ κακὰ ὑπάρχει αὐτῷ.

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Clement of Alexandria, Excerpta ex Theodoto, ed. Otto Stählin. 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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