# In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]) 15

Galen, In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]), Fragment 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-platonis-timaeum-commentarii-fragmenta-e-cod-scorial-iii-11-230-revilla/15

ὅτι τὸ τρέφεσθαι καὶ αὐξάνεσθαι καὶ ζῆν ἄχρι περ ἂν ἡ τοῦ σώματος ἀντέχῃ σύστασις, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἡμῖν ὑπάρχει κἀκείνοις. ὁ δὲ νοῦς μόνος ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν θειότητος. ὅτι δὲ καὶ δεσπόζει τοῦ ζῴου παντός, εὔδηλόν ἐστιν ἐκ τοῦ τὴν καθ' ὁρμὴν κίνησιν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ γίνεσθαι. πρῶτον μὲν γάρ, ὅτε χρὴ κινηθῆναι, κρῖναι χρῆ τὸν λογισμόν, εἶτα διὰ τῶν νεύρων ὡς δι' ἰνῶν κινῆσαι τὰ μόρια τοῦ σώματος. αὐτὸς οὖν ἐστιν ὁ πασῶν τῶν κατὰ τὸ ζῷον [καθ' ὁρμὴν κινήσεων καὶ αἰσθήσεων] ἡγεμών τε καὶ ἄρχων, ᾧ καὶ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα παρέδοσαν ὑπηρεσίαν αὐτῷ ξυναθροίσαντες οἱ θεοί.

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Galenus Med., In Platonis Timaeum commentarii fragmenta (e cod. Scorial. Φ III 11 [ 230 Revilla]). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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