# Epistulae spuriae 1.Παγκρατίδῃ.

Musonius Rufus, Epistulae spuriae, Letter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/musonius-rufus/epistulae-spuriae/1.%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B4%E1%BF%83.

Καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀπαγγελλομένων ἡμῖν περὶ σοῦ καὶ ἐξ ὧν αὐτὸς ἀπέστειλας τοῖς υἱοῖς σου τεκμαιρόμενος μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς λαώδεσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἅπερ οἰκεῖόν ἐστι σὲ φρονεῖν περὶ φιλοσοφίας, προεθυμήθην κατὰ μὲν τὸ παρὸν συνησθῆναί σοι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, εἰς δὲ τὸ ἐπιὸν συνεύξασθαι, μὴ ἐφ᾽ ἕτερόν τι αὐτοὺς ἀποκλῖναι, τηροῦντας δὲ ἢν ἔχουσι νῦν πρόθεσιν ἄχρι τέλους φιλοσοφῆσαι, ἴν᾽ αὐτοί τε εὖ ἀπαλλάττωσι καὶ σὲ ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐκ σοῦ ἔπαθον ἀμείψασθαι δυνηθῶσι. δυοῖν γὰρ ὡς καθόλου εἰπεῖν οὐσῶν αἰτιῶν, παρ᾽ ἅς ἄνθρωποι εὐτάκτως καὶ ὁδῷ ζῶσιν, ἐμπειρίας τε καὶ ἐγκρατείας, πῶς ἂν δυναίμεθα ἢ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ἢ πρὸς ἑτέρους ποιεῖν τὰ δέοντα ὑπ᾽ ἀγνοίας ἄμα καὶ ἀκρασίας κατεχόμενοι;

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Musonius Rufus, Epistulae spuriae, ed. Otto Hense. 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/tlg0628.tlg003.local001/.