# De Libero Arbitrio 3.8

Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-libero-arbitrio/3.8

ὅθεν ἄλογον ἔδοξεν εἶναί μοι ταῦτα προσάπτειν αὐτῷ, ἢ ὡς ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγονότα ἤ (εἰ καὶ τὰ μάλιστα συγχωρῆσαι δεῖ ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων δυνατὸν εἶναί τι γίνεσθαι) ὅτι καὶ τὰ κακὰ ἐποίησεν αὐτός. ὁ γὰρ »ἐκ τοῦ« οὐκ εἶναι εἰς τὸ εἶναι« αὐτὰ ποιήσας‘ οὐκ ἄν ἐκ τοῦ εἶναι εἰς τὸ μηκέτι εἶναι αὐτὰ ἀνῄρει πάλιν. ἤ τοῦτο τοῦτο λέγειν ὡς ἦν ποτε καιρός, ὅτε τοῖς κακοῖς ἔχαιρεν ὁ θεός, νῦν δὲ οὐκέτι; ὄπερ ἀδύνατον εἷναί μοι δοκεῖ, λέγειν τοῦτο περὶ θεοῦ· ἀνοίκειον γὰρ τῆς φύσεως αὐτοῦ τοῦτο προσαρμόζειν αὐτῷ.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2959.tlg002.local001/.