# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-17

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΓ΄ XXΣIII (Duebn IV vulg. 34 B 1), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-17

Καὶ πῶς οὐκ ἔχει; ἀποκρινώμεθα γὰρ καθʼ Ὅμηρον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Διός. Ἔχει μὲν γάρ, ἔχει νοῦν καὶ λόγον· συγκέκραται δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ βίος ἐξ ἀθανάτων καὶ θνητῶν πραγμάτων, ὡς ζῴῳ τινὶ ἐν μεθορίῳ τεταγμένῳ, καὶ παρὰ μὲν θνητῆς πλημμελείας τὸ σῶμα ἔχοντι, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ἀθανάτου ἀπορροῆς τὸν νοῦν λαμβάνοντι. Ἵδιὸν δὲ σαρκῶν μὲν ἡδοναί, νοῦ δὲ λόγος· καὶ κοινὸν μὲν αὐτῷ αἱ σάρκες πρὸς τὰ θηρία, ἰδιον δὲ νοῦς.

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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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