# P.Herc. 1538 7a

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1538, Column 7a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1538/7a

συνιέντα λέγει, τῆς ὑστέρας οὐ διαφέρει. μόνοι γὰρ οἱ πεπαι δευμένοι συνιᾶσι, τὸ δὲ καλὸν καὶ παντελῶς. ἀνεκτοτέρα δ' οὖν ἡ τῶν δευτέρων. ἑκατέραι δὲ τὸ τέλος μόνον, εἴπερ ἄρα λέγειν ἂν θέλ οι τις, ὃ δύναται ποιεῖν τὸ καλὸν ποίημα, τὸ δὲ τί ἐστιν καὶ τίνι δύναται κινεῖν οὐ διδάσκουσιν. ἐοίκασιν δὲ τὰ πολλὰ τῶν εὐτελῶν περιπετε ίαις δὲ καὶ παραδοξολογίαις καὶ παθητικοῖς λόγοις κινοῦντα προκρίνειν τῶν ἄκρως μὲν πεποιημένων, ἥκιστα δὲ

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1538. 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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