# Graecarum affectionum curatio 3.101

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/3.101

τούτους ἡμεῖς οὐ πονηροὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων δημιουργηθῆναί φαμεν οὐδὲ τοιάνδε φύσιν λαχεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῇ παρατροπῇ τῆς γνώμης ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμεινόνων εἰς τὰ χείρω μεταπεσεῖν καὶ τοῖς παρὰ τοῦ πεποιηκότος παρασχεθεῖσιν οὐκ ἀρκεσθέντας, ἀλλ' ὀρεχθέντας μειζόνων εἰσδέξασθαι μὲν τοῦ τύφου τὸ πάθος, ἐκπεσεῖν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἀρχῆθεν δοθείσης γυμνωθῆναι τιμῆς, εἶτα κατὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὡς εἰκόνι θείᾳ τετιμημένων, λυττῆσαι καὶ τὸν κατ' αὐτῶν ἀναδέξασθαι πόλεμον· τὸν δὲ ποιητήν, τῇ μὲν τῶν ἀγγέλων ἐπιστασίᾳ φρουρῆσαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸ γένος, ὅπως μὴ βίᾳ καὶ τυραννίδι χρώμενος ὁ ἀοράτως ἐπιών, οὓς διὰ φθόνον ἐμίσησεν, ἀδεῶς διαφθείρῃ, τὴν δὲ ἀγωνιστικὴν οὐκέτι κωλῦσαι διαμάχην, ἵνα δείξῃ τοὺς ἀρίστους ἡ πάλη, καὶ γένωνται ἀνδραγαθίας ἀρχέτυπα.

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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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