# Epistulae 5-6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/5-6

(5) ἢ γὰρ οἴει ἄλλοθέν ποθεν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εἶναι τὰ κακὰ ἢ ἐξ ὧν ἂν μὴ εἰδῶσιν ὅ τι ἂν αὐτοῖς ᾖ πρακτέον; πάνυ οὖν μοι δοκεῖς καὶ σὺ τῶν τυράννων εἶναι· οὗτοι γὰρ οὐδὲ τῶν παίδων πλείῳ νοῦν ἔχουσι. παῦσαι οὖν, ὦ ’γαθέ, καὶ εἴ τί σοι βούλει ἀγαθὸν εἶναι, σκόπει πόθεν τι πράξεις τῶν δεόντων τοῦτο δὲ οὐδέποτε ἂν δυνηθείης μὴ διδαχθείς. ἄρα οὖν εἴ τινά σοι τῶν Ἀθήνησι δικαστῶν πέμψαιμι; οἳ γὰρ ὁσημέραι τοῦτο πράττουσι περὶ τῶν ἀδίκων, οἴονται καὶ αὐτοὶ μέγιστοι εἶναι καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους παρέχεσθαι μηδὲν κακὸν μήτε ἔχοντας μήτε πράττοντας. ἐρρῶσθαι δὲ ἢ χαίρειν οὐ θέμις μοι γράφειν, ἕως ἂν ἦς τοιοῦτος καὶ μετὰ τοιουτοτρόπων βιοῖς.

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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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