# De abstinentia 6

Porphyrius, De abstinentia, ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/de-abstinentia/6

οἷς δὲ οὐκ ἔστι τὸ δικαιοπραγεῖν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, οὐδὲ ἡμῖν πρὸς ἐκεῖνα γίνεται τὸ ἀδικεῖν. ὡς οἵ γε τοῦτον προέμενοι τὸν λόγον οὔτε εὐρεῖαν ἄλλην οὔτε λεπτὴν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ παρεισελθεῖν ὁδὸν ἀπο- λελοίπασιν. ὅ γὰρ ἤδη εἰρήκαμεν, τὴν φύσιν αὐτάρκη μὲν οὐκ οὖσαν, ἀλλʼ ἐνδεῆ πολλῶν, εἰργομένην δὲ τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ζῴων βοηθείας ἄρδην ἀναιρεῖν καὶ κα- τακλείειν εἰς τὸν ἄπορον καὶ ἀνόργανον καὶ ἀκτήμονα τῶν ἀναγκαίων βίον. φασὶ δὲ οὐκ εὐτυχῶς διαβιῶναι τοὺς πρώτους γενομένους· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ζῴων ἵστασθαι τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ φυτὰ βιάζεσθαι. τί γὰρ μᾶλλον ὁ βοῦν ἀποσφάττων καὶ πρόβατον ἀδικεῖ τοῦ κόπτοντος ἐλάτην ἢ δρῦν ; εἴγε καὶ τούτοις ἐμφύεται ψυχὴ κατὰ τὴν μεταμόρφωσιν. τῶν μὲν οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς στοᾶς καὶ τοῦ περιπάτου τὰ κυ- ριώτατα ταῦτα.

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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/.