# De abstinentia 40

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/40

ὥστε διὰ τὴν ἀπειρίαν καὶ ἀποχὴν οὐκ οἶδεν οὐχ ὅτι εἰς πεῖραν καθιεὶς καὶ διὰ τοῦ ἀλόγου ἐνεργῶν, οἷός τέ ἐστιν θεωρεῖν τὰ κατὰ τὸν νοῦν ἀκραιφνῶς· οὐδὲ τῶν δύο ψυχὰς ἡμᾶς ἔχειν λεγόντων, δύο προσ- οχὰς ἡμῖν δεδωκότων. δύο γὰρ ἂν οὕτω ζῴων συν- έρξεις ἐποίουν, ἅ ἐνεδέχετο, ἄλλου πρὸς ἄλλοις ὄντος, τὸ ἕτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι τὰ ἔργα.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2034.tlg003.local001/.