# Στρώματα 4.19.124

Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, Book 4, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/text-2/4.19.124

οὐχ οἷόν τε οὖν ἐστιν ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἐν ὁτῳοῦν ἐλλόγιμον γενέσθαι μὴ μαθήσει μηδὲ μελέτῃ τε καὶ ἀσκήσει προσχρησαμένους, τὴν δὲ ἀρετὴν οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄλλοις τισὶν εἶναί φαμεν ἢ πάντων μάλιστα ἐφ’ ἡμῖν. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα εἴργειν δύναταί τις προσπολεμῶν, τὸ δ’ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν οὐδαμῶς, οὐδ’ εἰ μάλιστα ἐνίσταιτο· θεόσδοτον γὰρ τὸ δῶρον καὶ οὐχ ὑποπῖπτον ἄλλῳ τινί. ὅθεν ἀκολασία μὲν οὐκ ἄλλου τινὸς ἄν δοξάζοιτο εἶναι κακὸν ἢ τοῦ ἀκολασταίνοντος, σωφροσύνη δὲ ἀγαθὸν αὖ τοῦ τὸ σωφρονεῖν δυναμένου.

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Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0555.tlg004.local001/.