# Graecarum affectionum curatio 2.11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/2.11

ἐφικνεῖσθαι τοῦτο τῆς ἀληθείας· Δημόκριτος δὲ ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης ἄπειρον τὸ πᾶν εἴρηκε καὶ ἀγένητον· Ἐπίκουρος δὲ ὁ Νεοκλέους ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ἐκ τῶν ἀτόμων ἐξ ἀρχῆς ξυστῆναι τὸ πᾶν, εἶναι μέντοι ἄναρχον καὶ ἀΐδιον· καὶ Μητρόδωρος δὲ ὁ Χῖος καὶ Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης καὶ Διογένης ὁ Σμυρναῖος διαφόρους ἀρχὰς τῶν ὅλων ὑπέθεντο. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ Σωκράτης ὁ Σωφρονίσκου κωμῳδῶν αὐτοὺς διετέλει, ὅτι τὰ ἀνθρώποις οὐκ ἐφικτὰ εἰδέναι λίαν ἰσχυριζόμενοι, πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀεὶ διεμάχοντο, καινῶν προστατεύοντες καὶ ἐναντίων δογμάτων, ᾗ φησιν ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἐν τοῖς Ἀπομνημονεύμασιν.

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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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