# Ad Marcellam 30

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/30

ἀφυσιολόγητον μηδὲν ἡγοῦ βοώσης τῆς σαρκὸς βοᾶν τὴν ψυχήν. σαρκὸς δὲ φωνὴ μὴ πεινῆν, μὴ διψῆν, μὴ ῥιγοῦν. καὶ ταῦτα τὴν ψυχὴν χαλεπὸν μὲν κωλῦσαι, ἐπισφαλὲς δὲ παρακοῦσαι τῆς παραγγει- λάσης φύσεως αὐτῇ διὰ τῆς προσφυοῦς αὐτῇ αὐταρ- κείας καθ᾿ ἡμέραν καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς μικρότερα διδάσκειν νομίζειν, καὶ εὐτυχοῦντας μὲν γινώσκειν ἀτυχεῖν, δυστυχοῦντας δὲ μὴ περὶ μέγα τίθεσθαι ὧν τὸ εὐτυχεῖν· καὶ δέχεσθαι μὲν ἀθορύβως τὰ παρὰ τῆς τύχης ἀγαθά, παρατετάχθαι δὲ πρὸς τὰ παρ᾿ αὐτῆς δοκοῦντα εἶναι κακά· καὶ ὡς ἐφήμερον μὲν πᾶν τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἀγαθόν ἐστι, σοφία δὲ καὶ ἐπι- στήμη οὐδαμῶς τύχης κοινωνεῖ.

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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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