# Graecarum affectionum curatio 12.38

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/12.38

ὡς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμφύτων κατασυρομένοις παθῶν. Ὅτι γὰρ δὴ ταῦτα παγχάλεπα, ἴστε καὶ ὑμεῖς· «Οὐ γὰρ ἐκ δρυός», κατὰ τὸν ποιητικὸν λόγον, «ἢ ἀπὸ πεύκης» γεγένησθε. Δεδήλωκε δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Πλάτων ἐν τῷ τῆς Πολιτείας πρώτῳ διαλόγῳ, τὸν Κέφαλον εἰσαγαγὼν τῷ Σωκράτει διαλεγόμενον καὶ λέγοντα· «Εὖ ἴσθι, ὅτι ἔμοιγε ὅσον αἱ ἄλλαι αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡδοναὶ ἀπομαραίνονται, τοσοῦτον αὔξονται αἱ περὶ τοὺς λόγους ἐπιθυμίαι τε καὶ ἡδοναί.»

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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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