# Orationes 22-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (9)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/22-4

ἤδη οὖν ἀκήκοας τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς γράμμα τὸ “γνῶθι σαυτόν” ; ἔγωγε. οὔκουν δῆλον ὅτι ὁ θεὸς κελεύει πᾶσιν ὡς οὐκ εἰδόσιν αὑτούς; ἔοικεν. εἷς ἄρα τῶν πάντων καὶ σὺ εἴης ἄν; πῶς γὰρ οὔ; οὐκ ἄρα οὐδὲ σὺ γιγνώσκεις αὑτόν; οὔ μοι δοκῶ. σεαυτὸν δὲ ἀγνοῶν ἄνθρωπον ἀγνοεῖς, ἄνθρωπον δὲ οὐκ εἰδὼς χρῆσθαι ἀνθρώπῳ οὐ δυνατὸς εἷ, ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι ἀδύνατος ὢν θεῷ ἐπιχειρεῖς, ὃ τῷ παντὶ μεῖζον καὶ χαλεπώτερον ἐκείνου ὁμολογοῦμεν εἶναι.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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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