# Historia ecclesiastica 1.12.8

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.12.8

Ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ τε καὶ κοινωνίᾳ τῇ πρὸς τοὺς πέλας τὴν πολιτείαν καθίστησι: προνοητικὴ φίλων καὶ ξένων ἐστὶ, καὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα, κοινὰ ποιεῖται τῶν δεομένων, καὶ τὰ πρόσφορα ἑκάστῳ συλλαμβάνεται, μήτε χαίροντας ἐνοχλοῦσα, καὶ λυπουμένους παραμυθουμένη: καθόλου δὲ σπουδάζουσα, καὶ πρὸς τὸ ὄντως ἀγαθὸν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν τείνουσα, λόγοις σώφροσι καὶ σοφοῖς ἐννοήμασι, καλλωπισμοῦ καὶ κακηγορίας ἀμοίρους παιδεύει, καὶ ὥσπερ φαρμάκοις τισὶν ἰᾶται τοὺς ἀκούοντας, μετὰ τιμῆς καὶ αἰδοῦς τὰς διαλέξεις ποιουμένη, καὶ ἔριδος καὶ τωθασμοῦ καὶ ὀργῆς ἐλευθέρα. Λογικὴ γὰρ οὖσα, παραιτεῖται πᾶσαν ἀλόγιστον κίνησιν, καὶ καθάπαξ κρατεῖ τῶν παθῶν τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς.

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Sozomenus, Salaminius Hermias, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Robert Hussey. 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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