# Graecarum affectionum curatio 4.26

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/4.26

Τοῦτο δὴ ξυνορῶν ὁ Σωκράτης, μετεωρολόγοις καὶ φυσιολόγοις ἐρρῶσθαι φράσας, τὴν ἠθικὴν διδασκαλίαν ἠσπάσατο. Καὶ τοῦτο δεδήλωκεν ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἐν τοῖς Ἀπομνημονεύμασι, λέγων ὡδί· «Ὅλως δὲ καὶ τῶν οὐρανίων ἕκαστα, ἃ ὁ θεὸς μηχανᾶται, φροντιστὴν εἶναι τούτων ἀπέτρεπεν. Οὔτε γὰρ εὑρετὰ ἀνθρώποις αὐτὰ ἐνόμιζεν εἶναι, οὔτε χαρίζεσθαι θεοῖς ἡγεῖτο τὸν ζητοῦντα ταῦτα, ἃ ἐκεῖνοι σαφηνίσαι οὐκ ἠβουλήθησαν· κινδυνεῦσαι δ' ἂν καὶ παραφρονῆσαι τὸν ταῦτα μεριμνῶντα, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἢ Ἀναξαγόρας παρεφρόνησεν, ὁ μέγιστον φρονήσας ἐπὶ τῷ τὰς τῶν θεῶν μηχανὰς ἐξηγεῖσθαι.»

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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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