# P.Herc. 1087 54

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1087, Fragment 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1087/54

φασ ε ἀπέδω κε π ἀγαθὸν εἶν αι ποίημα. ἡ ἀκοὴ δ’ ὅλον πρ εφδ τῆς διανοίας. καὶ κ ρίσιν μὲν ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τίθησι· “κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀκοὴν” λέγει “καὶ γίνεσθαι κρίσιν”, ὥστε τὸ “καθηγούμενον” καὶ ἀναγκαιότατον ἐν τῆι πρὸς τὴν ἀκοὴν ἡδονῆι ‵κεῖσθαι′, καθάπε ρ καὶ τὴν λέξιν “ἰδιώτατον” εἶναι καὶ ἀναγκαιότατον ἐθεμ άτιζον. ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ οὐκ ἔστι τὸ μετέω ρον ἐν ταῖς ἄλ λαις κρίσε σι κεῖσθαι, οὕτω καὶ τὸ κο ινὸν

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1087. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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