# Epistulae 3-13

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, μ′. Διογένης ὁ κύων Ἀλεξάνδρῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/3-13

(3) κατάγνωθι οὖν, ὦ ’γαθέ, καὶ ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ ἔτι μᾶλλον. ποῦ γῆς εἰ ἄρα; καὶ τί σοι δύναται τὰ κατασκευάσματα ταῦτα καὶ ἡ σπουδὴ ἡ ἐπὶ τούτοις; οὐ γὰρ οἴει δήπου βελτίων τινὸς εἶναι ἀνθρώπου τοιαῦτα ποιῶν. εἰ δὲ μηδενὸς εἶ βελτίων, μηδὲ τούτοις ἐκπονεῖς, τί οἴει σοι τὰ γινόμενα εἶναι ἀλλ’ ἢ συμφορὰν καὶ φόβους καὶ κινδύνους μεγάλους· καίτοι οὐκ οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅπως ἂν ἔτι μείζω ἀτυχήματα ἀτυχήσαις τῶν νῦν, τίς γὰρ ἄνθρωπος μὴ δίκαιος οὐκ ἂν ἀτυχοῖς τίς κακὸς καὶ βίαιος οὐκ ἂν κακὸν πράττοι καὶ μηδὲν ἀγαθὸν ἔχοι; καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ζῆν δοκεῖ τί σοι εἶναι καὶ περὶ τοῦδε κίνδυνός σοι εἶναι μάλιστα παθεῖν τι τοιαυτὶ ποιοῦντι;

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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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