# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 6.8-9

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 6.8 to 6.9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/6.8

Ταῦτα δὲ εἶπον τὰ ὑποδείγματα ἵν', ὅταν ἑτέρας ἐπαγάγω φίλτρου εἰκόνας, μὴ μέχρι τοῦ μέτρου τοῦ λεγομένου παρὰ τῶν προφητῶν στήσῃς τὴν διάνοιαν, ἀλλ' ἔχων τὸν κανόνα τοῦτον ὑπερβῇς τῷ λογισμῷ περαιτέρω καὶ ἴδῃς τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ τὴν ἄφατον ὑπερβολήν. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀρκεῖται τοῖς τῆς φύσεως μέτροις, ἀλλ' ἀφεὶς αὐτὰ καὶ ὑπερακοντίσας καὶ ἕτερα πάλιν προστίθησιν ὑποδείγματα. Τοιοῦτος γὰρ ὁ φιλῶν· διὰ πλειόνων βούλεται δεικνύναι τοῦτο τῷ φιλουμένῳ· ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ποιεῖ εἰς τοπικῶν διαστημάτων μέγεθος ἐξάγων τὸν λόγον, οὐχ ἵνα πάλιν τοσοῦτον αὐτοῦ νομίσῃς τὸ φίλτρον, ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ τοῦτο μόνον τὸ μέτρον τῶν διαστημάτων τῶν ἄλλων ἐξαίρετον καὶ γνώριμον ἦν τοῖς ἀκούουσι.

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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/.