# Dialexeis 1.Subsection c-4-Subsection d

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 1.Subsection c to 1.Subsection d. Ancient Greek.

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

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.

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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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