# Graecarum affectionum curatio 11.29

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/11.29

Καὶ μετὰ βραχέα ἐπήγαγεν· «Ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ Καλλίκλεις, ὑπὸ τούτων τῶν λόγων πέπεισμαι καὶ σκοπῶ, ὅπως ἀποφανοῦμαι τῷ κριτῇ ὡς ὑγιεστάτην τὴν ψυχήν. Χαίρειν οὖν ἐάσας τὰς τιμὰς τῶν πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων, τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀσκῶν πειράσομαι τῷ ὄντι, ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι, βέλτιστος ὤν, καὶ ζῆν, καὶ ἐπειδὰν ἀποθνῄσκω, ἀποθνῄσκειν. Παρακαλῶ δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους, καθ' ὅσον δύναμαι· καὶ δὴ σὲ ἀντιπαρακαλῶ ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν βίον, τὸν ἀγῶνα τοῦτον, ὅν φημι ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν ἐνθάδε ἀγώνων εἶναι· καὶ ὀνειδίζω σε, ὅτι οὐχ οἷός τε εἶ σαυτῷ βοηθῆσαι, ὅταν ἡ δίκη σοι ᾖ καὶ ἡ κρίσις, ἣν νῦν ἔλεγον.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Graecarum affectionum curatio. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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