# Ad Marcellam 34

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/34

μεγάλη οὖν παιδεία ἄρχειν τοῦ σώματος. πολλάκις κόπτουσί τινα μέρη ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τοῦ σώματος· σὺ δ᾿ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῆς ψυχῆς ἕτοιμος ἔσο τὸ ὅλον σῶμα ἀποκόπτειν. ὧν γὰρ ἕνεκα ζῆν ἐθέλεις, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν μὴ κατόκνει. ἡγείσθω τοί- νυν πάσης ὁρμῆς ὁ λόγος ἐξορίζων τούς δεινοὺς δε- σπότας καὶ ἀθέους ἀφ᾿ ἡμῶν· ὅτι καὶ χαλεπώτερον δουλεύειν πάθεσιν ἢ τυράννοις. ἀδύνατον δ᾿ εἶναι ἐλεύθερον τὸν ὑπὸ παθῶν κρατούμενον· ὅσα γὰρ πάθη ψυχῆς, τοσοῦτοι καὶ ὠμοὶ δεσπόται.

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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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