# Fragmenta 6

Epicharmus Comic. et Pseudepicharmea, Fragmenta, Fragment 1_6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicharmus-comic-et-pseudepicharmea/fragmenta-2/6

1—6 Diog. III 9-17. (9) πολλὰ δὲ καὶ παρ’ Ἐπιχάρμου τοῦ κυμωιδιοποιοῦ προσωφέληται [Platon] τὰ πλεῖστα μεταγράψας, καθά φησιν Ἄλκιμος ἐν Τοῖς πρὸς Ἀμύνταν, ἃ ἐστι τέτταρα, ἔνθα καὶ ἐν τῷι πρώτωι [fr. 7, FHG IV 297] φησι ταῦτα· ῾φαίνεται δὲ καὶ Πλάτων πολλᾶ τῶν Ἐπιχάρμσυ λέγων· σκεπτέσν δὲ. ὁ Πλάτων φησὶν αἰσθητὸν μὲν εἶναι τὸ μηδέποτε ἐν τῷι ποιῶι μηδὲ ποσῶι διαμένον, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ῥέσν καὶ μεταβάλλον· (10) ὡς ἐξ ὦν ἔν τις ἀνέληι τὸν ἀριθμόν, τούτων οὔτε ἴσων οὔτε τινῶν οὔτε ποσῶν οὔτε ποιῶν ὄντων, ταῦτα δ’ ἑστὶν ὦν ἀεὶ γένεσις, οὐσία δὲ μηδέποτε πέφυκε. νοητὸν δὲ ἐξ οὗ μηθὲν ἀπογίνεται μηδὲ προσγίνεται. τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν ἀιδίων φύσις, ἣν ὁμοίαν τε καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἀεὶ συμβέβηκεν εἶναι. καὶ μὴν ὅ γε Ἐ. περὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν καὶ νοητῶν ἐναργῶς εἴρηκεν·

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Epicharmus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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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