Ancient Greek
1.Subsection c to 1.Subsection d
Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis 1.Subsection c-4-Subsection d
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Πῶς ἂν οὖν τις περὶ ἡδονῆς σκοποῖ, τὸ μὲν ἀγαθὸν αὐτῇ προσθείς, ἀφελὼν δὲ τὸ βέβαιον; Εἰ γὰρ ἀνάγκη ἀγαθὸν ὄν βέβαιον εἶναι, τῇ τοῦ βεβαίου ἀπουσίᾳ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τῆς ἡδονῆς συναπέρχεται. Καὶ πότερος τούτων τῷ πιθανῷ πλησιαίτερος; ὁ λέγων τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι, κἂν μὴ βέβαιος, ἢ ὁ ἀγαθὸν λέγων μὴ εἶναι, ἂν μὴ ὡς βέβαιον ᾖ; Ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι, θάτερον· κρεῖτ|τὸν γὰρ ἀφελεῖν ἡδονὴν ἀγαθοῦ, προσθέντας τὸ βέβαιον αὐτῷ ἢ προσθεῖναι ἡδονῇ τἀγαθόν, ἀφελόντας αὐτῆς τὸ ἀσφαλές.