# P.Herc. 1577/1579 2

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1577/1579, Fragment 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1577-1579/2

σω προσεδέοντο τοῦ μὴ περιορᾶν ἅπαν τα ναιρασιν κακοῖς, ὅτι δ᾿ οὐκ η ἂν ὠφελεῖν θ ο ὐδέν. ἢ τί μᾶλλον ἀνθρώπων χάριν ἢ τῶν ἀλόγων ζώιων ἔστιν εἰπεῖν γεγεννηκέναι τοῦτον Cavalli; ουτε ἐπιβα καὶ μέγας ἀλλα ζώιου συμπαθίας σ κσολω ν δωρο τοῦ κόσμου κρατεῖν α ἀπειρίας εἰ μὴ τ ὰς δυνάμεις ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀψύχων ἕξει. τοιοῦτος δ' ὢν οὐκ ἐπαισθανόμενος νοηθήσεται・ τὴν γὰρ ἰσχὺν οὐ τὴν πυρὸς ουδὲ τὴν ἀέρος μουδε ἐπὶ συστήματι διαιωνίωι, παρὰ τὴν ἐπιστήμην τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φύσεως καὶ τοῦ δυνατοῦ γενέσθαι καὶ μὴ δυνατοῦ, πάντα τὸν β͙ίον ἄφοβον καὶ μακάρι ον ἐσχηκότος. ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ παρ' ἡμῖν τῶν μὲν φύσει, τῶν δὲ προαιρέσει γινομένων, ἐπιβλέψαι πρόχειρον ὅτι τῶν προαιρετικῶν οὐδενὶ προσέοικεν ὁ κόσμος, ὥσθ᾿ ὑπονοῆσαι καὶ φύσιν δυνατὴν οὖσαν αυ

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1577/1579. 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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