# Graecarum affectionum curatio 11.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/11.8

Ὁ δὲ πολυθρύλητος Πυθαγόρας τὴν τελεωτάτην τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἐπιστήμην ἔσχατον ὑπέλαβεν ἀγαθόν· ὁ Ἑκαταῖος δὲ τὴν αὐτάρκειαν, ὁ δὲ Ἀντισθένης τὴν ἀτυφίαν, Ἀναξαγόρας δὲ ὁ Κλαζομένιος τὴν θεωρίαν τοῦ βίου καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ ταύτης ἐλευθερίαν, φιλοσόφῳ δὴ πρέποντα ὁρισάμενος ὅρον. Μέγιστον γὰρ ἀληθῶς ἀγαθὸν τὸ ξυνιδεῖν τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν φύσιν καὶ τῶν ῥεόντων καταφρονῆσαι καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἀδούλωτον καὶ ἐλευθέραν διατηρῆσαι.

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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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