# Dialexeis 7.Subsection c-4

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΕ´ XV (Duebn XXI vulg. 5 B 18), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20c-4

ἀπραγμοσύνη τίνος ἄλλου εἴη πλὴν νεκροῦ; Κἰ μὲν οὖν τὸ πράττειν ἔρημον ἦν ἀρετῆς, καλῶς εἶχε, διώκοντας τὴν ἀρετήν, ἀπολείπεσθαι αὐτοῦ· εἰ δʼ ἔστιν ἀνθρώπου ἀρετὴ οὐ λόγος, ἀλλʼ ἔργον, καὶ πρᾶξις ἐν κοινωνίᾳ, καὶ χρῆσις βίου πολιτική, διωκτέον ταῦτα, μεθʼ ὧν ἄν τις καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν λάβοι. (Hes. erg. 287) Τὴν μὲν γὰρ κακότητα καὶ εἰλαδόν ὁ Βοιώτιος ποιητὴς λέγει, ἐστιν ἑλέσθαι, (Bes. erg. 289) τῆς δὲ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν. Καλός γε ὁ ἀγωνιστὴς ἡμῖν ἀνιδρωτεὶ στεφανοῦσθαι ἐθέλων.

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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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