# Fragmenta 181

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 181. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/181

[44 N.] — — 59 τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κρείσσων ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν φανεῖται προτροπῇ χρώμενος καὶ λόγου πειθοῖ ἤπερ νόμῳ καὶ ἀνάγκῃ. λάθρῃ μὲν γὰρ ἁμαρτέειν εἰκὸς τὸν εἰργμένον ἀδικίης ὑπὸ νόμου, τὸν δὲ ἐς τὸ δέον ἠγμένον πειθοῖ οὐκ εἰκὸς οὔτε λάθρῃ οὔτε φανερῶς ἔρδειν τι πλημμελές. διόπερ συνέσει τε καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ ὀρθοπραγέων τις ἀνδρεῖος ἅμα καὶ εὐθύγνωμος γίγνεται. [187 N.] STOB. II 31, 65 Δ—ου = B 33.

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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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