# Graecarum affectionum curatio 4.46

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/4.46

Ταῦτα γάρ ἐστιν ἅπερ ἐν τοῖς περὶ τῆς κτίσεως λόγοις τῷ φιλοσόφῳ μεμφόμεθα· ξυνυπάρχειν γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ τὴν ὕλην καὶ οὗτος ἔφησε, καθὰ καὶ Πυθαγόρας καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ οἱ τῆς Ποικίλης ἐπώνυμοι. Καὶ τὴν ὕλην δὲ ἔστιν ὅτε πονηρὰν ὀνομάζει. Ἀκούομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου λέγοντος· «Παρὰ μὲν τοῦ ξυνθέντος πάντα καλὰ κέκτηται· παρὰ δὲ τῆς ἔμπροσθεν ἕξεως, ὅσα χαλεπὰ καὶ ἄδικα ἐν οὐρανῷ γίνεται, ταῦτα ἐξ ἐκείνης αὐτός τε ἔχει καὶ τοῖς ζῴοις ἐναπεργάζεται.»

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg001.local001/.