# Epistulae 1-23

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, κε′. Ἵππωνι.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-23

Παρεκάλεις με ἐπιστεῖλαί σοι, ὅ τι ποτὲ ἔγνωκα περὶ θανάτου καὶ ταφῆς, ὡς οὐκ ἂν τέλειος φιλόσοφος γενόμενος, εἰ μὴ καὶ τὰ μετὰ τὸ ζῆν παρ’ ἡμῶν μάθοις. ἐγὼ δ’ ἱκανὸν ἡγοῦμαι τὸ κατʼ ἀρετὴν καὶ φύσιν ζῆσαι καὶ τοῦτ’ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν εἶναι. ὥσπερ δὲ τὰ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως παρακεχώρηται τῇ φύσει, οὕτω καὶ τὰ μετὰ τὸ ζῆν ἐπιτρεπτέα ταύτῃ· αὐτὴ γὰρ ὡς ἐγέννησε, καὶ διαλύσει. μηδὲν δὲ εὐλαβηθῇς ὅπως ποτὲ ἀναίσθητος ὦ. ἐγὼ γοῦν ἔγνωκα ἀποπνεύσαντί μοι παρατεθῆναι τὸ βάκτρον, ἵνα τὰ δοκοῦντά με λυμαίνεσθαι ζῷα ἀπελαύνοιμι.

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Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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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