# Epistulae 4-2

Socrates Epistulae, Epistulae, ϛ′.> Σωκράτους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/4-2

(4) πολλάκις δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ κατ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοούμενος καθ’ ὅ τι εὐδαίμων εἴη καὶ μακάριος, ὁρῶ τῷ μηδενὸς δεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα ἡμᾶς· φύσεως γὰρ λαμπροτάτης ἐκεῖνο ἦν, οὐ τὸ πολλῶν δεόμενον ἑτοίμως ἔχειν ἀπολαύειν. καίτοι σοφώτερόν τε εἶναι εἰκὸς ὅστις ἑαυτὸν ἀπεικάζει τῷ σοφωτάτῳ, καὶ μακαριώτερον ὑπάρχειν ὃς ἂν ὅτι μάλιστα ἐξομοιωθῇ τῷ μακαριωτάτῳ. τοῦτο δὲ εἰ μὲν πλοῦτος ποιεῖν ἐδύνατο, πλοῦτόν γ’ ἂν ἐχρῆν αἱρεῖσθαι· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀρετὴ μόνη φαίνεται παρασκευάζειν, εὔηθες ἀφέντας τὸ ὂν ἀγαθὸν τὸ δοκοῦν μεταδιώκειν.

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Socrates Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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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