# Fragmenta 173

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 173. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/173

[25 N.] — — 2 [vgl. III 4, 51] τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀνθρώποισι κακὰ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν φύεται, ἐπήν τις τἀγαθὰ μὴ’ πιστῆται ποδηγετεῖν μηδὲ ὀχεῖν εὐφόρως. οὐ δίκαιον ἐν κακοῖσι τὰ τοιάδε κρίνειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀγαθοῖσιν ὦν· τοῖς τε ἀγαθοῖσιν οἷόν τε χρῆσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὰ κακά, εἴ τινι βουλομένῳ, ἀλκῇ.

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Democritus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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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