# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 4.214

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/4.214

Ἐνταῦθα ἐπιτιμήσειεν ἂν ἴσως τις βραχυλόγος οἰόμενος εἶναι, ὅτι δὶς ἐτέθη πρὸς οὐδὲν τὸ ἔσωσα καὶ δι’ ἐμὲ ἐσώθης. ταὐτὸν γὰρ σημαίνει ἀμφότερα. ἀλλ’ εἰ ἀφέλοις θάτερον, συναφαιρήσεις καὶ τὴν ἐνάργειαν καὶ τὸ ἐκ τῆς ἐναργείας πάθος. καὶ τὸ ἐπιφερόμενον δέ, τὸ ἀπωλόμην ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπόλλυμαι, ἐναργέστερον αὐτῇ τῇ συντελείᾳ ἐστί· τὸ γὰρ δὴ γεγονὸς δεινότερον τοῦ μέλλοντος ἢ γινομένου ἔτι.

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Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, ed. William Rhys Roberts. 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/tlg0613.tlg001.local001/.