# Dialexeis 6.Subsection c-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΒ΄ XXXII (Duebn. III vulg. 33 B 30 γ΄), Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/6.Subsection%20c-5

Ὥπερ γὰρ ἐν ταῖς σωμάτων νόσοις ἀγαπᾷ ὁ κάμνων τεμινόμενος καὶ ἐμπιμπράμενος, καὶ διψῶν, καὶ λιμώττων, καὶ τὰ δυσχερῆ τῇ φύσει προσιέμενος ἑκών, ἀντικαταλλαττόμενος ταῦτα τῆς προσδοκίας τοῦ ὕπνου, εἰ δὲ ἀφέλοις τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ μέλλοντος ἀγαθοῦ, ἀφαιρήσεις τὴν αἵρεσιν τῶν παρόντων κακῶν, οὕτω κὰν ταῖς πράξεσιν ἀντίδοσις γίγνεται πρὸς ἡδονὰς πόνων, ἣν σὺ μὲν ἀρετὴν καλεῖς, ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀρετὴν δίδωμι, ἐρήσομαι δέ σε, εἰ ἄνευ τῆς πρὸς αὐτὴν φιλίας τὴν ἀρετὴν ψυχὴ εἵλετο; ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν φιλίαν δῷς, ἡδονὴν δίδως.

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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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