# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 5.13

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/5.13

Οἱ γὰρ τοιοῦτοι καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν ἀλόγων ἂν εἶεν ἀλογώτεροι. Καὶ πῶς; Ἐγὼ λέγω· τὰ ἄλογα ἐπειδὰν διψῇ μέχρι τῆς χρείας τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἵστησι καὶ οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἀνάσχοιτο ὑπερβῆναι τὴν χρείαν· ἄνθρωποι δὲ οἱ λογικοὶ οὐ τοῦτο σκοποῦσιν ὅπως τὸ δίψος παραμυθήσωνται, ἀλλ' ὅπως ὑποβρύχιοι γενόμενοι χαλεπώτερον ἑαυτοῖς ἐργάσωνται τὸ ναυάγιον. Καθάπερ γὰρ πλοῖον ὑπέραντλον γεγονὸς ταχέως καταβαπτίζεται, οὕτω καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὑπερβὰς τῆς χρείας τοὺς ὅρους καὶ μεῖζον ἐπιθεὶς τὸ φορτίον τῇ γαστρὶ κατέδυσεν αὐτοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς τὴν εὐγένειαν ἐλυμήνατο.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia). 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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