# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 43

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/43

ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἀρχῆς σπέρμ ατα ἡμῖν ἀγωγά, τὰ μὲν εἰς ταδ εί, τὰ δ' εἰς ταδεί, τὰ δ' εἰς ἄμφω ταῦτά ἐστιν ἀεὶ κα ὶ πράξεων κ αὶ διανοήσεων καὶ διαθ έσε ων καὶ πλείω καὶ ἐλάττωι. ὥστε παρ' ἡμᾶς ποθ' ἁπλῶς τὸ ἀπογεγεννημένον ἤδη γ είνεσθαι τοῖα ἢ τοῖα καὶ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πε ρ ιέχοντος κα τ' ἀν άγ κ η ν διὰ τ οὺς π όρο υς εἰσ ρ έοντα παρ' ἡμ ᾶς ποτε γείνεσθ αι ἢ π α ρὰ τὰς ἡμε τέρα ς ἐξ ἡμῶ ν αὐ τῶν δ όξας. καὶ εἰ παρὰ τὴν φύ σιν ηι ινοτ αν σκα τατι σ ν τομ ιν ν πει ντ νκαι α κ οπ

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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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