# Ad Marcellam 31

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/31

οὐκ ἀπορεῖν τού- των πόνος ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ φεύγειν μᾶλλον τὸν ἀνόνητον ἐκ τῶν κενῶν δοξῶν πόνον. ἔρωτι γὰρ φιλοσοφίας ἀληθινῆς πᾶσα ταραχώδης καὶ ἐπίπονος ἐπιθυμία ἐκ- λύεται. κενὸς ἐκείνου φιλοσόφου λόγος ὑφ᾿ οὗ μηδὲν πάθος ἀνθρώπου θεραπεύεται· ὥσπερ γὰρ ἰατρικῆς οὐδὲν ὄφελος ἣ μὴ τὰς νόσους τῶν σωμάτωνθεραπεύει, οὕτως οὐδὲ φιλοσοφίας, εἰ μὴ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐκβάλ- λει πάθος. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν καὶ τὰ πρὸς τούτοις ὅμοια ὁ τῆς φύσεως παραγγέλλει νόμος.

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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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