# Graecarum affectionum curatio 11.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/11.9

Πλάτων δὲ ὁ Ἀρίστωνος τῇ μεγαλονοίᾳ τοῦ ὅρου καὶ τοῦτον ἀπέκρυψε· τὸ γὰρ «ὁμοιωθῆναι τῷ θεῷ κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν» τέλος ὡρίσατο ἀγαθῶν. Ἀξιέπαινος μὲν οὖν καὶ ἡ περὶ τὴν μίμησιν τῶν θείων παραίνεσις· ἡ δὲ τοῦ «κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν» προσθήκη ἀξιαγαστότερον τὸν ὅρον ἀπέφηνεν· οὐ γὰρ κατὰ πάντα δυνατὸν ὁμοιωθῆναι Θεῷ. Πῶς γὰρ ἄν τις ὁρατὸς ὢν ὁμοιωθείη τῷ ἀοράτῳ, καὶ βραχὺς ὢν καὶ τόπῳ σμικρῷ περιγεγραμμένος τῷ ἀπεριγράφῳ καὶ τὴν κτίσιν ξυνέχοντι, καὶ αὖ πάλιν τῷ αἰωνίῳ πρόσφατος ὤν, καὶ τῷ τὰ πάντα τεκτηναμένῳ μηδὲ πηχυαῖον οὐρανὸν δημιουργῆσαι δυνάμενος;

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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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