# Graecarum affectionum curatio 5.25

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/5.25

Ἀλλὰ τοῦτόν γε τὸν λόγον οἱ τῆς Ποικίλης οὐ προσεδέξαντο· τὴν γάρ τοι φυτικὴν δύναμιν καλεῖν ψυχὴν οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο. Ζήνων δὲ ὁ Κιτιεύς, ὁ τῆσδε τῆς αἱρέσεως ἡγησάμενος, τοιάδε περὶ ψυχῆς δοξάζειν τοὺς οἰκείους ἐδίδαξε φοιτητάς· τὸν γάρ τοι ἀνθρώπινον θορόν, ὑγρὸν ὄντα καὶ μετέχοντα πνεύματος, τῆς ψυχῆς ἔφησεν εἶναι μέρος τε καὶ ἀπόσπασμα καὶ τοῦ τῶν προγόνων σπέρματος κέρασμά τε καὶ μῖγμα, ἐξ ἁπάντων τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς μορίων ξυναθροισθέν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν αὐτὴν καὶ φθαρτὴν προσηγόρευσεν.

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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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