# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-14

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΒ΄ XXXII (Duebn. III vulg. 33 B 30 γ΄), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-14

Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀρετῆς πρὸς ἡδονὴν ἡ ἐξέτασις γίγνεται, οὐ λοιδορήσομαι μὲν τῇ ἀρετῇ (οὐ γὰρ πικρός, οὐδὲ βλάσφημος ὁ καθʼ ἡδονὴν λόγος), τοσοῦτον δὲ λέγω, ὡς εἰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀφαιρήσει τὶς τὸ ἡδύ, καὶ τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτῆς προσαφῄρηκεν· οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν καλῶν αἱρετόν, ἀπογενομένης ἡδονῆς· καὶ γὰρ ὁ κατʼ ἀρετὴν πονῶν ἑκὼν φιλίᾳ ἡδονῆς πονεῖ, παρούσης ἢ προσδοκωμένης.

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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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