# Dialexeis 4.Subsection c-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΒ΄ XXXII (Duebn. III vulg. 33 B 30 γ΄), Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/4.Subsection%20c-5

Σύ μοι δοκεῖς οὐδὲ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀγαπᾶν τὸ φῶς, ὅτι ἐστὶν κοινὸν ὀφθαλμῶν πάντων· ἀλλὰ ἔδει γὰρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον ὁρᾶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ φῶς· οὐδέ γε ὁ ἀήρ, εἰσπνεόμενός τε καὶ οἰκονομῶν τὰ σώματα ταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁδοῖς· οὐ ποταμῶν νάματα, οὐ γῆς καρποί· μέρη γὰρ τῶν ἀναγκαίων, ἐὰν προέλθῃς, πάντα κοινά, ἴδιον δέ, οὐδενός. Ἐνταῦθά μοι τάττε καὶ τὴν ἡδονήν, ἐν κοινότητι ἀγαθοῦ σώζοντος πᾶσαν αἰσθητικὴν φύσιν.

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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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