# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 44

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/44

εστήκει ων οὐ ἀ πολείπει τὰ πάθη τοῦ γίνεσθαι νουθετεῖν τε ἀλλ ή λους καὶ μάχεσθαι καὶ μεταρυθμ ίζειν ὡς ἔχοντας καὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὴν αἰτ ίαν καὶ οὐχὶ ἐν τῆι ἐξ ἀρχῆς μόνον συ στάσει καὶ ἐν τῆι τοῦ περιέχοντος καὶ ἐπεισιόντος κατὰ τὸ αὐτόματον ἀνάγκ ηι. εἰ γὰ ρ τις καὶ τῶι νουθετεῖν καὶ τῶι νουθετεῖσθαι τὴν κατὰ τὸ αὐτόματον ἀνάγκην προστιθείη καὶ ἀεὶ τοῦ ὑ πάρχο ντος τῆι η ου οσ αν μεμφό μ ενος ἢ ἐ πα ι νῶν, ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν τοῦτο π ράττοι, τὸ μὲν ἔργον ἂν εἴη κατ αλε ίπων ὃ ἐφ' ἡμῶν α ὐτῶν κατ ὰ τὴν τῆς αἰτίας πρόληψιν ἐν νοοῦμεν, πιπ αι

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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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