# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 7.1-5

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Καρποκρασίων ζ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας κζ., Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/7.1-5

7. Δεῖ τοίνυν τούτους ἀνατρέπειν παντὶ σθένει· μηδεὶς γὰρ καταφρονείτω λόγου καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ ἀπατεώνων. ἀλλ' εἴποι τις ἄν· οὐ γάρ ἐστι φωρατὰ καὶ μωρίας ἔμπλεα; ἀλλ' ἔσθ' ὅπη καὶ τὰ μωρὰ πείθει τοὺς ἄφρονας καὶ τοὺς συνετοὺς παρεκτρέπει, ἐὰν μὴ παρῇ ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἠσκημένος. ἐμπεσόντος τοίνυν καὶ τούτου τῇ Σίμωνος μαγείᾳ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν, τοῖς αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῦτον ἀνατρέ- φομεν.

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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), ed. Karl Holl. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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