# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 4.8-9

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 4.8 to 4.9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/4.8

Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ παχυτέρᾳ κέχρηται τῇ λέξει. Ὥσπερ γὰρ εἴ τις φάρμακα βουλόμενος ὠνεῖσθαι, ἄπειρος ὤν, κελεύοι πρότερον ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τῷ ἰατρῷ ταῦτα, κἂν μάθῃ σαφῶς ὅτι ἰδὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐπῄνεσεν, οὐδεμίαν ἑτέραν ἀπόδειξιν τῆς τούτων ἀρετῆς ἐπιζητεῖ, ἀλλ' ἀκούσας ὅτι εἶδεν αὐτὰ ὁ ἰατρὸς καὶ ἐπῄνεσεν, ἀρκεῖται τῇ ψήφῳ τοῦ τεχνίτου, οὕτω δὴ καὶ ὁ Μωυσῆς πᾶσαν περιεργίαν ἀναίσχυντον περιελεῖν βουλόμενος τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα μελλόντων ἀπολαύειν τῆς κτίσεως, ἀπήγγειλε καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι εἶδεν αὐτὰ ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἐπῄνεσε καὶ ἐψηφίσατο εἶναι καλὰ καὶ οὐχ ἁπλῶς καλά, ἀλλὰ καὶ καλὰ λίαν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt. 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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2062.tlg087.local001/.