# De Libero Arbitrio 6.6

Methodius, De Libero Arbitrio, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-libero-arbitrio/6.6

Εἰ μὲν οὖν τὴν ὕλην ἐκ τῶν ὑποστάντων γενητῶν ὑπονοεῖν ἀγένητον ὑπάρχειν ἔλεγες, πολὺν ἂν περὶ αὐτῆς ἐποιησάμην λόγον εἰς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ ὅτι ἀδύνατον ὑπάρχειν αὐτὴν ἀγένητον. ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν τῶν κακῶν γένεσιν αἰτίαν φᾐς εἶναι τῆς τοιαύτης ὑπονοίας, διὰ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τὴν ἐξέτασιν τούτων ἔρχεσθαί μοι δοκῶ. φανεροῦ γὰρ γινομένου τῷ λόγῳ καθ' ὃν τρόπον ἐστὶ τὰ κακά, καὶ ὅτι οὐχ τέ ἐστιν ἀναίτιον τῶν κακῶν εἰπεῖν τὸν θεὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὕλην αὐτῷ ὑποτιθέναι, τὴν τοιαύτην ὑπόνοιαν ἀναιρεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖ.

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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/.