# Graecarum affectionum curatio 5.35

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/5.35

Παντελῶς γε, ἔφη. — Οὐκ ἄρα, ἦν δ' ἐγώ, ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ ἀγαθός, πάντων ἂν εἴη αἴτιος, ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ λέγουσιν, ἀλλ' ὀλίγων μὲν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις αἴτιος, πολλῶν δὲ ἀναίτιος· πολὺ γὰρ ἐλάττω τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῶν κακῶν ἡμῖν, καὶ τῶν μὲν ἀγαθῶν οὐδένα ἄλλον αἰτιατέον, τῶν δὲ κακῶν ἄλλα ἄττα δεῖ ζητεῖν αἴτια, ἀλλ' οὐ τὸν θεόν. — Ἀληθέστατα, ἔφη, δοκεῖς μοι λέγειν. — Οὐκ ἄρα, ἦν δ' ἐγώ, ἀποδεκτέον οὔτε Ὁμήρου οὔτε ἄλλου ποιητοῦ ταύτην τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνοήτως περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντος καὶ λέγοντος, ὡς δύο πίθοι κατακείαται ἐν Διὸς οὔδει κηρῶν ἔμπλειοι, ὁ μὲν ἐσθλῶν, αὐτὰρ ὁ δειλῶν· καὶ ᾧ μὲν ἂν μίξας ὁ Ζεὺς ἀμφότερα δῷ, ἄλλοτε μέν τε κακῷ ὅ γε κύρεται, ἄλλοτε δ' ἐσθλῷ.»

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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/.