# Περὶ Στωικῶν ἐνιγμάτων 36

Plutarch, Περὶ Στωικῶν ἐνιγμάτων, Section 36. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-85/36

πάλιν ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ περὶ Δικαιοσύνης εἰπὼν περὶ τῶν θεῶν, ὡς ἐνισταμένων ἐνίοις ἀδικήμασι, κακίαν δέ φησὶ καθόλου ἆραι οὔτε δυνατόν ἐστιν οὔτʼ ἔχει καλῶς; ἀρθῆναι ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν οὑκ ἔχει καλῶς ἀρθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν τὴν ἀδικίαν τὴν ἀβελτερίαν, οὐ τοῦ παρόντος ἐστὶ λόγου ζητεῖν· αὐτὸς δὲ τὴν κακίαν, ὅσον ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ, διὰ τοῦ φιλοσοφεῖν ἀναιρῶν, ἣν οὐκ ἔχει καλῶς ἀναιρεῖν, μαχόμενὸν τι ποιεῖ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ καὶ τῷ θεῷ· πρὸς δὲ τούτοις λέγων ἐνίοις ἀδικήμασιν ἐνίστασθαι τὸν θεὸν ἔμφασιν πάλιν τῆς τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων δίδωσιν ἀνοσιότητος.

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Plutarch, Περὶ Στωικῶν ἐνιγμάτων, ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0007.tlg136.local001/.