# Ad Marcellam 17

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/17

καὶ ὁ σοφίαν ἀσκῶν ἐπιστήμην ἀσκεῖ τὴν περὶ θεοῦ, οὐ λιτανεύων ἀεὶ καὶ θύων, διὰ δὲ τῶν ἔργων τὴν πρὸς θεὸν ἀσκῶν εὐσέβειαν. θεῷ γὰρ εὐάρεστος οὔτε δόξαις ἀνθρώπων οὔτε σοφιστῶν κεναῖς φωναῖς γένοιτ᾿ ἄν τις· αὐτὸς δὲ ἑαυτὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον ποιεῖ θεῷ καὶ ἐκθεοῖ τῇ τῆς ἰδίας διαθέσεως ὁμοιότητι τῷ μετὰ ἀφθαρσίας μακαρίῳ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀσεβῆ καὶ δυσάρεστον ποιεῖ τῷ θεῷ, οὐχ ὑπὸ θεοῦ πάσχων κα- κῶς, ἀγαθοποιὸν γὰρ μόνον τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλ᾿ ὑφ᾿ ἑαυ- τοῦ διά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὴν περὶ θεοῦ κακὴν δόξαν. ἀσεβὴς οὐχ οὕτως ὁ τὰ ἀγάλματα τῶν θεῶν μὴ πε- ριέπων ὡς ὁ τὰς τῶν πολλῶν δόξας τῷ θεῷ συνά- πτων. σὺ δὲ μηδὲν ἀνάξιόν ποτε ὑπολάβῃς περὶ θεοῦ μήτε τῆς μακαριότητος αὐτοῦ μήτε τῆς ἀφθαρσίας.

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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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