# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 48

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 48. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/48

νο ν πολ λ άκις δὲ καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἀμφότερα κέκτητ αι μὲν αἰτίαν καὶ μὴ συνεπεσπασμένα τὰ ἕτερα ὑπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων μηδὲ συνεπισπώμενα καὶ βιαζόμενα παρά τε χρόνους πολλὰ τῶν τοιούτων συνπίπτειν καὶ ἡκλικίας καὶ ἄλλας αἰτίας. ὅθεν κ αὶ τὸ τ οῦ τέλους αὐτοῦ ἐπιλόγ ιςμα εἶχε μ ὲ ν καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ τὴν αἰτίαν, ε ἴχο με ν δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς. ἦν δὲ τὸ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐπα ίσθη σις τοῦ εἰ μὴ ληψόμεθα τίς ὁ κανὼν καὶ τ ὸ ἐπ ι κ ρεῖν ον π ά ν τ α τὰ διὰ τῶν δ ο ξῶν περ αινόμεν α ἀ λλ' ἀκολ ουθ ή σομ εν ἀλό γ ω ς ταῖς τῶν πολ λῶ ν φορ α ῖς, οἰχή σεται πά ν τα κα θ' ἃ διε ρευνώμεθά τι κα ὶ ὑπεροχῆ υου ο. τὸ δ' α ὐ τὸ καὶ ἀΐδιον ἐγ ε ννήθη καὶ σπέρμα ἦν τι, ὥ σπε ρ ληρῶ, ἐ ξ ἀρχῆς πρὸς ἕτερον ἀγωγόν

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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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