# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 39

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/39

τίον ἐστιν οὕτως ἐπειδὰν ἀπογεννηθῆ τὸ λανβάνον τινὰ τρόπον διαληπτικὸν, οὐ τὸν ὡς ἀφ' ἑτέρου διαστήματος, ἰσχάνει τὴν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ αἰτίαν, εἶτα ἀναδίδω σιν εὐθὺς μέχρι τῶν π ρώτων φύσεων καὶ μ ίαν πω ς ἅπασαν αὐτὴ ν ποιεῖ. ὅθεν δ ὴ καὶ οἱ μὴ δυνάμενοι κατὰ τρόπον τὰ τοιαῦτα διαιρεῖν χε ιμάζου σιν αὑτοὺς περ ὶ τὴν τῶν αἰτιῶν ἀπόφασιν καὶ το ύτων ἐπ' αὐτῶν τοῖς μ ὲν μᾶλλο ν, τοῖς δ' ἧττον μαχ όμεθα καὶ ἐ πιτιμ ῶμεν καμεν ν λα ε ευτυ γὰρ ε α οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐξ αὑ τ ῶν, αἰτίαν, ἀ λ λ ὰ τ ὴν τῶν β ελτίστων ἔργων καὶ διανοη μάτων

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Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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