# Historia ecclesiastica 5.6.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.6.3

Ἦ γὰρ ἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, οὐχ, ὥς τισι δοκεῖ, ὁποῖα τὰ σώματα, τοιαύτην εἶναι τὴν ψυχήν: ἀλλ̓ ἐν τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἀπεικονίζεσθαι τὸ τοῦ σώματος ἦθος: καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν, ὅπως ἂν τύχῃ ἐπιτηδεύων, τοιοῦτον καὶ διαφαίνεσθαι, καθ̓ ὃν ἂν ἐπιτηδεύει καιρόν: καὶ τούτῳ μὲν τῷ λόγῳ εἴ τις ἀκριβῶς ἐξετάσειεν,

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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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