# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 49

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/49

των ν ε καὶ υπ ησ ψόφων τε κα ὶ νοήσεων καὶ ἐπινοημάτων καὶ φαντασμάτων καὶ τῆς αἰωνίας κατ ὰ ψυχὴν ὀχλή σ εως ἢ εὐδαιμονίας ἢ μὴ αἰωνίας τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ θηρεύειν τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ κανόνα καὶ κριτήριον κατὰ μικρόν. ταῦτά τε γὰρ εἰς τὸν ἐπιλογισμὸν τοῦ κριτηρίου ἦγεν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ κριτηρίου αὐτ ἐπαισθα ἐπιλογι καὶ πρ μεν εἰς τὴν κατὰ μικρὸν ὥνπερ ἔνπροσθεν εἶπ α δ ιερεύνησι ν. ἀλλήλοις γὰρ τα ῦτα τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ χρε ί αν παρείχ ετο κα ὶ ἐναλλὰ ξ ἑκάτερον παρε νπῖ π τον ἐπ εσπάσατο εὐθὺς τὸ ἕ τερον ἐπινόη μα κατὰ μι κρὸν πρῶ τ ον ἐγγει νόμ ε νον καὶ ταχέω ς ἐκ ρέον, εἶτ α μᾶλλον κ ατανοού μεν ον τὰ μὲν διὰ τὴν φυ σικὴ ν αἰ τίαν τῆς ἐπαυξήσεω ς κ αὶ τῆς ἀπαλλά

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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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