# De Libero Arbitrio 16.2

Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-libero-arbitrio/16.2

ΟΡΘΟΔ. Πρὸς μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοιούτους γεγονέναι νέναι οὔτι μοι δοκεῖ λέγειν· αὐτεξούσιον δὲ τὸν πρῶτον ἄνθρωπον γεγονέναι λέγω, τουτέστιν ἐλεύθερον, ἀφ᾿ οὖ καὶ οἱ διάδοχοι τοῦ γένους τὴν ὁμοίαν ἐλευθερίαν ἐκληρώσαντο. φημὶ τοιγαροῦν ἐλεύθερον γεγονέναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον, δουλεύοντα δὲ αὐτὸν ᾧ βούλεται·

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Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, ed. D.G. Nathanael Bonwetsch. 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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