# Fragmenta 2

Democritus, Fragmenta, Fragment 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/democritus/fragmenta/2

ETYM. ORION. p. 153, 5 Τριτογένεια ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ κατὰ Δημόκριτον φρόνησις νομίζεται. γίνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ φρονεῖν τρία ταῦτα· βουλεύεσθαι καλῶς, λέγειν ἀναμαρτήτως καὶ πράττειν ἃ δεῖ. SCHOL. GENEV. I 111 Nic. Δ. δὲ ἐτυμολογῶν τὸ ὄνομά [sc. Τριτογένεια] φησιν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς φρονήσεως τρία ταῦτα συμβαίνει· τὸ εὖ λογίζεσθαι. τὸ εὖ λέγειν καὶ τὸ πράττειν ἃ δεῖ. Vgl. SCHOL. B II Θ 39.

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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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