# Στρώματα 5.4.23

Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, Book 5, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/text-2/5.4.23

ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ γνῶθι σαυτὸν πολλὰ ἐνδείκνυται, καὶ ὅτι θνητὸς εἶ καὶ ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἤδη πρὸς τὰς ἄλλας τοῦ βίου ὑπεροχὰς κατὰ σύγκρισιν ὅτι οὐδενὸς λόγου ὑπάρχεις, ἔνδοξον λέγων ἢ πλούσιον, ἢ τοὐναντίον, ὅτι πλούσιος ὢν καὶ ἔνδοξος οὐ παραμόνῳ σεμνύνῃ πλεονεκτήματι· καὶ εἰς τί γέγονας, γνῶθι, φησί, καὶ τίνος εἰκὼν ὑπάρχεις, τίς τέ σου ἡ οὐσία καὶ τίς ἡ δημιουργία καὶ ἡ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον οἰκείωσις τίς, καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὅμοια. λέγει δὲ καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου τὸ πνεῦμα· δώσω σοι θησαυροὺς σκοτεινοὺς ἀποκρύφους. θησαυροὶ δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πλοῦτος ἀνεκλιπὴς ἡ δυσθήρατός ἐστι σοφία.

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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.
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