# Dialexeis 2.Subsection c-3

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΓ΄ XIII (Duebn. XIX vulg. 3 B 16), Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/2.Subsection%20c-3

Θεοῦ δὲ μαντεῖα καὶ ἀνθρώπου νοῦς (τολμηρὸν μὲν εἰπεῖν, φράσω δὲ ὅμως) χρῆμα συγγενές, καὶ εἴπέρ τι ἄλλο ἄλλῳ ὅμοιον, οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη ἐμφερέστερον ἀρετῆς ἀνθρωπίνης γνώμῃ θεοῦ. Μὴ τοίνυν ἀπόρει, μήθ᾿ ὅντινα τρόπον τὸ αὐτεξούσιον τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης γνώμης χρῆται μαντι|κῇ, μήθ᾿ ὅπως, ἀληθευούσης τῆς μαντικῆς, δύναταί τι καὶ ἀνθρώπου γνώμη· περὶ γὰρ ὁμοίου πράγματος σκοπεῖς· τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ ἐρωτᾷς, καὶ ἀπορεῖς, καὶ ἀναστρέφεις, ἐξὸν τὸ πᾶν διελέσθαι ὡς δεῖ.

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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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