# Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis) 4-9-5

Origen, Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis), 4 to 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/expositio-in-proverbia-fragmenta-e-catenis/4-9

Ζωὴ ὁ Θεός ἐστι· τῆς δὲ τρισσοφαοῦς αὐτοζωῖας ἡ πηγὴ, ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ γνῶσις καὶ αἱ ἀρεταί εἰσιν· ἐξ ἧς πηγῆς οἱ πίνοντες, ἀθανασίας μετέχουσι και ἀειζωΐας· τοῖς δὲ κεκτημένοις τὴν τοιαύτην πηγὴν, ἔννοια λόγων ζωῆς ἐστι· ἡ δὲ παιδεία ἀφρόνων, ἡ κακία ἐστίν· ἡ δὲ ἀνεξέλεγκτος παιδεία, ἡ ἀφροσύνη ἐστίν. Τὴν γνῶσιν ἐπιγνωμοσύνην εἶπε, παρὰ τὸ τὰ πάντα αὐτὴν ἐπιγινώσκειν τὰ πράγματα· ἡ δὲ καρδία τῶν σοφῶν νοεῖ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου στόματος ἔν τε κρίσει σωμάτων καὶ ἀσωμάτων, καὶ ἅπερ αὐτοὶ ποιεῖν διδάσκουσι καὶ πράττουσιν.

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Origen, Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis), ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. 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/tlg2042.tlg075.local001/.