# Fragmenta 178

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 178. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/178

[198 N.] — — 31, 56 Δ—ου. πάντων κάκιστον ἡ εὐπετείη παιδεῦσαι τὴν νεότητα· αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἣ τίκτει τὰς ἡδονὰς ταύτας, ἐξ ὧν ἡ κακότης γίνεται.

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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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