# P.Herc. 1251 12

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1251, Column 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1251/12

φωτω ουσι σαφῶς οὐκ ἔχοντες ἃς ἀξιοῦμεν ὑπολήψεις. καὶ μᾶλλον εἰς ὀρθοπραξίαν ὑπὸ τῶν νόμων ἄγονται θάνατον ἀνατεινομένων καὶ τιμωρίας ἐκ θεῶν καὶ πόνους ὡς δυσεκπονήτους καὶ στερήσεις ἐνίων ὡς δυσπορίστων, τὸ μὲν ἐκ τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰρεμένων, τὸ δ' ἐκ τοῦ πρὸς ἄφρονας ταῦτ' ἀνατείνεσθαι καὶ μὴ δυναμένους ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλη θινῶν πείθεσθαι παραγγελμάτων καὶ μόνον ἐπισχέσεις δι' αὐτῶν γίνεσθαι πρὸς ὀλίγον χρόνον. καὶ φανερὸν εἶναι τὰς ὑπολήψεις σαν επο

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1251. 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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