# In XII Prophetas 60-8

Cyrillus, In XII Prophetas, Commentary jonah, ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΕΞΗΓΣΙΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΝ ΙΩΝΑΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/in-xii-prophetas/60-8

Εὔκολος δὲ λίαν ὁ ἄκακος νοῦς πρός τε λύπας καὶ θυμηδίας. ἄψει δὲ ἀτρεκῆ τὸν λόγον, τοῖς τῶν νηπίων ἤθεσιν ἐνορῶν, ἃ καταλγύνεται μὲν ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ πολλάκις, καὶ κλαίει λίαν ἐπὶ μικροῖς· γέγηθε δὲ αὖ, καὶ ἀθρόαν ποιεῖται τὴν ἐκ τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι πρὸς τὸ χαίρειν μετάστασιν, ἐπὶ μικρῷ δὴ πάλιν ἔσθ’ ὅτε καταθελγόμενα. ὅνπερ γὰρ τρόπον ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις σώμασι τὰ μὴ λίαν εὐρωστεῖν εἰωθότα πίπτει ῥᾳδίως, προσωθοῦντος τινὸς, κἂν εἰ μὴ τοῦτο δρῴη νεανικῶς, τρυφεροτέρᾳ δὲ ὥσπερ ἅπτηται χειρί· οὕτω καὶ νοῦς ὁ ἀπάνουργος, εὔκολος εἰς ἀποφορὰν τὴν ἐφ’ ὁτουοῦν τῶν κατατέρπειν αὐτὸν ἢ καὶ λυπεῖν πεφυκότων.

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Cyril of Alexandria, In XII Prophetas, ed. Philip Edward Pusey. 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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