# P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677 4-2

Philodemus, P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677, Column 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-994-1419-1676-1677/4-2

ἀνάπτηι. καίτο ι γ ε πάλιν ἔοικ ε ν ο ὐδ' ἐπὶ διαβολῆι τοῦτο λέγεσθαι, οὐδὲ τῆς ἀκο ῆ ς, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀκοῆς ἡδονῆς γεινομένης ὁμοίας ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκειούντων ἐπικρατοῦσαν τὴν προσκοπὴν τῶι νοουμένωι διόπερ ἐλεγκτέον αὐτὸν τῆι τε πρὸς ἑ αυτὸν δι α φωνίαι καὶ τῶι δριμεῖ τῆς λέξεως, ἣν λ έξιν οἰκειοῦν φύσ ει παράλογον τῶν διανοημάτων, μηδ' ἡστινοσοῦν ἡμᾶς ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τέρψεως, οὐχ ὅ τι κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ κ ατὰ τὴν ψυχήν, π ερισπᾶσθαί θ' ὑπὸ τῶν νοουμέ ν ων οὐδ' εὐ τρεπίσα ι τὸ π ρ ὸ ς ἑαυτοὺς ἀκρειβές. ἀλλ' εἰ τοιοῦτόν τι γεινόμενόν ἐστιν φυσικόν, ἀληθῶς οὐκ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο ν μ ό ν ον ληρώδης ἂν ὁ ἄ ν θ ρ ωπος, ὥστε τοῦ λεγ ο μένο υ βουλη

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677. 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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