# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 45

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/45

τοσαύτης πλάνης. περικάτω γὰρ ὁ τοιοῦτος λόγος τρέπετα ι καὶ οὐδέποτε δύναται βεβαιῶσαι ὡς ἔστι τοιαῦτα πάντα οἷα τὰ κατ' ἀνάγκην καλοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ μάχεταί τινι περ ὶ αὐτοῦ τούτου ὡς δι' ἑαυτὸν ἀβελτ ερευομένωι. κἂν εἰς ἄπειρον φῆ πάλιν κατ' ἀνάγκην τοῦτο πράττειν ἀπὸ λόγων ἀεί, οὐκ ἐπιλογίζεται ἐν τῶι εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὴν αἰτίαν ἀνάπ τειν τ οῦ κ ατὰ τρ όπον λε λο γί σ θαι, εἰς δὲ τὸ ν ἀμφ ισ βητ ο ῦντ α τοῦ μὴ κ ατ ὰ τρόπον. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀπολήγοι εἰς ἑαυτ ὸν, ἀλλ' εἰς τ ὴν ἀ νάγκην τ ιθείη ι η ν

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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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