# Epistulae spuriae 1.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/musonius-rufus/epistulae-spuriae/1.3

ἰσχὺν δὲ αὗται καὶ εὐστάθειαν προσλαβοῦσαι ὡς χρὴ ἡμᾶς ἐν ἅπασι τοῖς κατὰ τὸν βίον ὁδηγοῦσιν, ὥστε καὶ ὁρᾶν ἀεὶ τὰ ἐπιβάλλονθ᾽ ἡμῖν καὶ σύμφωνα οἷς ἐδοκιμάσαμεν πράττειν. τοιαῦτα οὐκ ἐπαγγελλομένης μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ παρεχούσης τῆς κατὰ τὴν ψυχὴν ἰατρείας τίνα ἄν τις δικαιότερον ἐπὶ τὸ βοηθεῖν τοῖς σοῖς παισὶν ἢ σὲ καλέσειεν; ἢ οὐκ εὐδαιμονεῖν μὲν αὐτοὺς προαιρῇ πατὴρ ὤν, ἑτοίμως δ᾽ ἔχεις πᾶν ὁτιοῦν ὑποστῆναι, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ὁρᾷς ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὄντας; ἢ οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῦτα καὶ ἐγέννησας αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνεθρέψω; οὐ τοιαῦτα δὲ διηνεκῶς σὺ περὶ αὐτῶν εὔχῃ τοῖς θεοῖς;

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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.
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