# Ad Marcellam 14

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/14

τῇ δὲ ψυχῇ τῇ θεοφιλεῖ καὶ τῷ θεοφιλεῖ νῷ ἐν τῷ καθαρῷ σώματι ἔστωσαν καὶ πρᾶξις ἀκόλουθος καὶ λόγος, αἱρετωτέρου σοι ὄντος λίθον εἰκῆ βαλεῖν ἢ λόγον, καὶ τὸ ἡττᾶσθαι τἀληθῆ λέγοντα ἢ νικᾶν ἀπατῶντα· τὸ γὰρ νικῆσαν ἀπάτῃ ἐν τῷ ἤθει ἥττηται. μάρτυρες δὲ κακῶν ψευ- δεῖς λόγοι. ἀδύνατον τὸν αὐτὸν φιλόθεόν τε εἶναι καὶ φιλήδονον καὶ φιλοσώματον. ὁ γὰρ φιλήδονος καὶ φιλοσώματος, ὁ δὲ φιλοσώματος πάντως καὶ φι- λοχρήματος, ὁ δὲ φιλοχρήματος ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἄδικος, ὁ δὲ ἄδικος καὶ εἰς θεὸν καὶ εἰς πατέρας ἀνόσιος καὶ εἰς τούς ἄλλους παράνομος. ὥστε κἂν ἑκατόμβας θύῃ καὶ μυρίοις ἀναθήμασι τούς νεὼς ἀγάλλῃ, ἀσεβής ἐστι καὶ ἄθεος καὶ τῇ προαιρέσει ἱερόσυλος. δι᾿ ὃ καὶ πάντα φιλοσώματον ὡς ἄθεον καὶ μιαρὸν ἐκτρέπεσθαι χρή.

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Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, ed. August Nauck. 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.
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