# Graecarum affectionum curatio 2.108

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/2.108

Ὅτι δὲ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν τινες ἀγέννητον καλοῦσι τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν, ἀκούσαι ἄν τις καὶ Τιμαίου τοῦ Λοκροῦ λέγοντος· «Μία ἀρχὰ πάντων ἐστὶν ἀγέννατος· εἰ γὰρ ἐγένετο, οὐκ ἂν ἦν ἔτι ἀρχά, ἀλλ' ἐκείνα, ἐξ ἇς ἀρχὰ ἐγένετο.» Παρμενίδης δὲ ὁ Ἐλεάτης καὶ τὸν κόσμον ἀγέννητον εἶναι λέγων βοᾷ· μοῦνον μουνογενές τε καὶ ἀτρεμὲς ἠδ' ἀγένητον. Καὶ Πλούταρχος δὲ ὁ Χαιρωνεὺς περὶ τοῦ ει τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς γράφων, οὕτως ἔφη· «Τί οὖν ἐστι τὸ ἀΐδιον καὶ ἀγέννητον καὶ ἄφθαρτον, ᾧ χρόνος οὐδεὶς μεταβολὴν ἐπάγει;» Εἰ τοίνυν φαμὲν εἶναί τι ἀγέννητον καὶ ἀναίτιον, κατὰ μὲν τὸν

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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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