# Dialexeis 1.Subsection a-4

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Δ΄ IV (Duebn. X vulg. 29 B 7 K 4), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20a-4

Δεινῶς γε οἱ ἄνθρωποι στασιωτικοὶ οὐ μέχρι πολιτείας μόνον, οὐδὲ ἀρχῆς, οὐδὲ τῶν ἐν μέσῳ κακῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ εἰρηνικώτατα τῶν ὄντων προεληλύθασιν, ποιητικὴν καὶ φιλοσοφίαν· χρῆμα διττὸν μὲν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα, ἁπλοῦν δὲ κατὰ τὴν οὐσίαν, καὶ διαφέρον τὸ αὐτοῦ, οἷον εἴ τις ἢ τὴν ἡμέραν ἄλλό τι ἡγήσαιτο πλὴν ἡλίου φῶς πίπτον εἰς γῆν, ἢ τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὲρ γῆς θέοντα ἄλλό τι ἢ ἡμέραν· οὕτω τοι καὶ τὰ ποιητικῆς πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν ἔχει.

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. 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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