# Graecarum affectionum curatio 4.47

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/4.47

Προστέθεικε δὲ καὶ ταῦτα· «Τούτων δὲ αὐτῶν τὸ σωματοειδὲς αἴτιον, τὸ τῆς πάλαι φύσεως ξύντροφον, ὅτι πολλῆς ἦν μετέχον ἀταξίας, πρὶν εἰς τὸν νῦν κόσμον ἀφικέσθαι.» Τούτοις νεμεσᾶν πάντα οἶμαι ἄνθρωπον, ὑγιᾶ γε τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντα. Διαβάλλει γὰρ ἄντικρυς τῆς ὕλης τὴν φύσιν· καὶ οὕτως αὐτῆς ἰσχυρὰν ἄγαν καὶ ἀήττητον λέγει τὴν κάκην, ὡς μηδὲ τὸν ποιητὴν δυνηθῆναι ταύτην ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον μεταβαλεῖν. Διέμεινε γὰρ τῇ καχεξίᾳ χρωμένη· καὶ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δεξαμένη τὸ εἶδος, τὴν προτέραν οὐκ ἐξέβαλε πονηρίαν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν οὐ μόνον ἐν γῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν οὐρανῷ τὰ χαλεπὰ καὶ ἄδικα δρᾷ 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/.