# De abstinentia 35

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/35

διʼ ὃ πολὺς μὲγ ὁ ἀγὼν τούτων καθαρεῦσαι, πολὺς δὲ ὁ πόνος ἀπαλλα- γῆναι αὐτῶν τῆς μελέτης, καὶ νύκτωρ καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέ- ραν τῆς κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν ἀναγκαίας συμπλοκῆς ἡμῖν παρούσης. ὅθεν ὅση δύναμις ἀποστατέον τῶν τοιού- των χωρίων, ἐν οἷς καὶ μὴ βουλόμενόν ἐστιν περιπί- πτειν τῷ πάθει· καὶ εὐλαβητέον τὴν ἐκ τῆς πείρας μάχην καὶ εἰ βούλει καὶ νίκην καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἀπειρίας ἀγυμνασίαν.

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Porphyrius, De abstinentia, 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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