# Graecarum affectionum curatio 12.34

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/12.34

Ταύτης δέ τοι τῆς γνώμης οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος, ἀλλὰ καὶ Πλάτων κατηγορεῖ· ἐν γάρ τοι τῷ Θεαιτήτῳ φησίν· «Σκεψώμεθα δέ πῃ τῇδε. Φέρ', εἴ τις αἰγῶν τροφήν, καὶ τὸ ζῷον αὐτὸ κτῆμα ὡς καλόν ἐστιν, ἐπαινοῖ, ἄλλος δέ τις ἑωρακὼς αἶγας χωρὶς νεμομένας αἰπόλου ἐν ἐργασίμοις χωρίοις δρώσας κακὰ διαψέγοι, καὶ πᾶν θρέμμα ἄναρχον ἢ μετὰ κακῶν ἀρχόντων ἰδὼν οὕτω μέμφοιτο, τὸν τοιοῦτον ψόγον ἡγούμεθα ὑγιὲς ἄν ποτε ψέξαι καὶ ὁτιοῦν; —

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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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