# Graecarum affectionum curatio 4.68

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/4.68

Ταῦτα ταῖς τῶν φιλοσόφων, ὦ φίλοι ἄνδρες, παρεξετάσατε δόξαις, καὶ σκοπήσατε, ὀρθῇ γε καὶ δικαίᾳ χρώμενοι ψήφῳ, τίνα τούτων περὶ Θεοῦ λέγειν πρόσφορα καὶ ἁρμόδια, τὸ ἀγένητον εἶναι τὸ πᾶν, ἢ ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ξυστήναι, ἢ τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀτόμων καὶ τοῦ κενοῦ ξυναρμοσθῆναι, ἢ τὸ ὑπὸ Θεοῦ μέν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ὕλης γενέσθαι, ἢ τούτων μὲν ἕκαστον περὶ Θεοῦ λέγειν ἀνόσιον, ἐκεῖνο δέ γε εἰκός τε καὶ ἀληθές, ὡς τῶν ὅλων ποιητὴς ὁ Θεός, οὐ τοῖς ἄλλοις τεχνίταις παραπλησίως ἐξ ὕλης τὰ πάντα δημιουργήσας, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς τὰ πάντα μὴ ὄντα παραγαγὼν καὶ παρασχεῖν ἐθελήσας τοῖς μὴ οὖσι τὸ εἶναι.

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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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