# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-12-Subsection d

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 7.Subsection a to 7.Subsection d. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-12

Τί δή μοι βούλεται ἡ περίοδος τοῦ λόγου; ἐνδείξασθαι ὑμῖν διάκρισιν καλοῦ καὶ ἡδονῆς. Τίθει γάρ μοι, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον καὶ τὸ αὐτοφυὲς τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τοῦ ποτοῦ, τὸ καλὸν αὐτό, ὅπερ εἶναι δεῖ καὶ μὴ δοκεῖν μόνον· κατὰ δὲ τὸ ποικίλον καὶ ἐπίκτητον τῶν ἄλλων ἄλλους ἄλλως εὐφραινόντων, τὴν ἡδονήν· δοκεῖν γὰρ εἶναι δεῖ ταύτην μόνην. Οὕτω δὴ τούτων ἐχόντων, γίγνεται ὁ μὲν ἔρως λόγος, καὶ ἀρετή, καὶ τέχνη· λόγος μὲν ὁ κατὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀρετὴ δὲ κατὰ τὴν διάθεσιν, τέχνη δὲ κατὰ τὴν εὐστοχίαν τοῦ καλοῦ· ἐπιθυμίαι δὲ ἡδονῶν, ἄλογοι ἀλόγων. Ἐπεὶ τοίνυν τὸ καλὸν εἶναι δεῖ καλόν, ἵν᾿ ἔρωτα ποιῇ, ποῖόν τι εἶναι αὐτὸ φῶμεν, καὶ πῶς ποιοῦν; Βούλει σοι λέγω

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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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