# Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.276

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, Book 3, λα′ εἰ ὠφελεῖ ἡ περὶ τὸν βίον τέχνη τὸν ἔχοντα ἀυτὴν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/pyrrhoniae-hypotyposes/3.276

εἰ δὲ κατὰ τοῦτο ἀξιώσουσιν αὐτὸν ὑπάρχειν ἐγκρατῆ καθόσον γίνεται μὲν ἐν φαύλαις κρίσεσιν, περιγίνεται δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ λόγῳ, πρῶτον μὲν δώσουσιν, ὅτι οὐδὲν ὠφέλησεν αὐτὸν ἡ φρόνησις, ἀκμὴν ἐν ταραχαῖς ὄντα καὶ βοηθείας δεόμενον, εἶτα καὶ κακοδαιμονέστερος τῶν φαύλων λεγομένων εὑρίσκεται. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὁρμᾷ ἐπί τι, πάντως ταράσσεται, εἰ δὲ περικρατεῖ τῷ λόγῳ, συνέχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸ κακόν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μᾶλλον ταράσσεται τοῦ φαύλου ἐκείνου μηκέτι τοῦτο πάσχοντος·

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Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes, ed. Hermann Mutschmann. 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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