# Epistulae 4-9

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λθ′. Μονίμῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/4-9

(4) ταῦτά σοι ἕψεται μελετήσαντι ἀποθνήσκειν, ὅταν δέη μετοικεῖν ἐνθένδε. καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ἡδὺς ὁ βίος· ζήση γὰρ ἐλεύθερος, ἄρχων καὶ οὐκ ἀρχόμενος, βραχὺ μὲν καὶ ὅσον τῷ σώματι περισπώμενος, ** καὶ τοῦτ’ εἰς τὴν τοῦ ὅλου ἁρμονίαν, σιωπῶν δὲ βασιλεύων καὶ θεωρῶν, ἃ θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις τοῖς μετρίοις κατεσκευάσαντο ἀπεχομένοις τοῦ ἀγρίου βίου, ἐν ᾧ ἁρπαγαὶ καὶ ἀλληλοκτονίαι οὐ περὶ μεγάλων οὐδὲ θείων, περὶ μικρῶν δὲ καὶ κοινῶν, οὐ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλογα. περὶ γὰρ τοῦ πλείονα ἔχειν καὶ ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν καὶ ἀφροδισιάζειν οἱ πάντες φαῦλοί εἰσι καὶ τοῖς ἀλόγοις σύμφοροι.

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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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