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Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs. Moralia, Leipzig, Teubner, 1889. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg089.local001","excerpt":"πάντα μέν, ὦ Κλέα, δεῖ τἀγαθὰ τοὺς νοῦν ἔχοντας αἰτεῖσθαι παρὰ τῶν θεῶν, μάλιστα δὲ τῆς περὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιστήμης ὅσον ἐφικτόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις μετιόντες εὐχώμεθα εὐχώμεθα Halmius: εὐχόμεθα τυγχάνειν παρʼ αὐτῶν ἐκείνων· ὡς οὐδὲν ἀνθρώπῳ λαβεῖν μεῖζον οὐδὲ οὐδὲ *: οὐ χαρίσασθαι θεῷ σεμνότερον ἀληθείας. τἄλλα τἄλλα *: τὰ ἄλλα μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποις ὁ θεὸς ὧν δέονται δίδωσιν, νοῦ δὲ καὶ φρονήσεως μεταδίδωσιν, νοῦ -- μεταδίδωσιν W ex Eustr. Comment. ad Aristot. Ethic. 6 p. 98 b οἰκεῖα κεκτημένος ταῦτα καὶ χρώμενος. οὐ γὰρ ἀργύρῳ καὶ χρυσῷ μακάριον τὸ θεῖον, οὐδὲ βρονταῖς καὶ κεραυνοῖς ἰσχυρόν, ἀλλʼ ἐπιστήμῃ καὶ φρονήσει. καὶ τοῦτο κάλλιστα πάντων Ὅμηρος ὧν εἴρηκε περὶ θεῶν ἀναφθεγξάμενος ἦ μὰν ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γένος ἠδʼ ἴα πάτρη, Hom. N 354 ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς πρότερος γεγόνει καὶ πλείονα ᾔδει, σεμνοτέραν ἀπέφηνε τὴν τοῦ Διὸς ἡγεμονίαν, ἐπιστήμῃ ἐπιστήμῃ καὶ σοφίᾳ Marklandus: ἐπιστήμης καὶ σοφίας καὶ σοφίᾳ…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg089.local001/#tlg0007-tlg089-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 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