# De utilitate mathematicae 3

Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, Paragraph 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theon-smyrnaeus/de-utilitate-mathematicae/3

ἀκολούθως δὲ τῇ τοῦ Πυθίου παραινέσει πολλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς διέξεισιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασι χρησίμου. ἔν τε γὰρ τῇ Ἐπινομίδι προτρέπων ἐπὶ τὰ μαθήματάφησιν· οὐ γὰρ ἄνευ τούτων ποτέ τις ἐν πόλει εὐδαιμόνων γενήσεται φύσις,· ἀλλʼ οὗτος ὁ τρόπος, αὕτη ἡ τροφή, ταῦτα τὰ μαθήματα, εἴτε χαλεπὰ εἴτε ῥᾴδια, διὰ ταύ- της ἰτέον· ἀμελῆσαι δὲ οὐ θεμιτόν ἐστι θεῶν. καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐφεξῆς τὸν τοιοῦτόν φησιν ἐκ πολλῶν ἕνα γεγονότα εὐδαίμονά τε ἔσεσθαι καὶ σοφώτατον ἅμα καὶ μακάριον.

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Theon Smyrnaeus, De utilitate mathematicae, ed. Eduardus Hiller. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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