# Fragmenta 175

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 175. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/175

[24 N.] — — 4 οἱ δὲ θεοὶ τοῖσι ἀνθρώποισι διδοῦσι τἀγαθὰ πάντα καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν. πλὴν ὁκόσα κακὰ καὶ βλαβερὰ καὶ ἀνωφελέα, τάδε δ’ οὔ〈τε〉 πάλαι οὔτε νῦν θεοὶ ἀνθρώποισι δωροῦνται, ἀλλ’ αὐτοὶ τοῖσδεσιν ἐμπελάζουσι διὰ νοῦ τυφλότητα καὶ ἀγνωμοσύνην.

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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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