{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2017.tlg009.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2017.tlg009.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2017.tlg009.local001","title":"De mortuis non esse dolendum","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":null,"authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":null,"editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"De mortuis non esse dolendum, ed. G. Heil, Gregorii Nysseni opera, vol. 9.1, Leiden: Brill, 1967: 28–68. Cod: 9,215: Homilet., Phil.","citationShort":"De mortuis non esse dolendum, ed. G. Heil, Gregorii Nysseni opera, vol. 9.1, Leiden: Brill, 1967: 28–68."},"rights":{"text":"Document TEI P5 local en UTF-8.","url":null},"provenance":{"authority":null,"sponsors":[],"funders":[],"principal":null,"responsibilities":[]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-29","sourceUrl":"https://maximus.tlg.uci.edu/canon.php","sourceLinkType":"catalogue","sourceRights":null,"citation":"De mortuis non esse dolendum. De mortuis non esse dolendum, ed. G. Heil, Gregorii Nysseni opera, vol. 9.1, Leiden: Brill, 1967: 28–68.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2017.tlg009.local001","excerpt":"ἐπωφελὲς ἢ ἄχρηστον φαίνεσθαι μηδέ τινι μὲν εἶναι καλὸν ἑτέρῳ δὲ οὐ τοιοῦτον, ἀλλ' ὅπερ καὶ ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν ἐστὶ καλὸν καὶ παντὶ καὶ πάντοτε ὡσαύτως ἔχει. οὗτός ἐστι κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν κρίσιν τῆς τοῦ καλοῦ φύσεως ὁ χαρακτὴρ ἀπλανής τε καὶ ἀδιάψευστος. ὃ γὰρ μήτε πᾶσι μήτε πάντοτε μήτε ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ δίχα τῆς ἔξωθεν περιστάσεώς ἐστι καλόν, οὐκ ἂν κυρίως ἐν τῇ τοῦ καλοῦ κρίνοιτο φύσει. διόπερ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνεξετάστως προσεχόντων τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν τοῖς τοῦ κόσμου στοιχείοις εἶναι τὸ καλὸν ἐφαντάσθησαν, ὧν οὐδὲν εὕροι τις ἂν διεξετάζων καὶ ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ καὶ πάντοτε καὶ παντὶ καλὸν εὑρισκόμενον. μέμικται γὰρ τῷ ἀφ' ἑκάστου τούτων χρησίμῳ καὶ ἡ πρὸς τὸ ἐναντίον ἐνέργεια. οἷον τὸ ὕδωρ σωτήριον μὲν τοῖς ἐν αὐτῷ τρεφομένοις ἐστὶν ὀλέθριον δὲ τοῖς χερσαίοις, εἰ ἐπικλύσειεν· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ τοῖς μὲν ἐν αὐτῷ ζῆν πεφυκόσιν ἐστὶ σωτήριος, τοῖς δὲ τὸν ἔνυδρον εἰληχόσι βίον φθαρτικὸς εὑρίσκεται…","divisions":[{"label":"9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2017.tlg009.local001/#tlg2017-tlg009-local001-9"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2017.tlg009.local001/#tlg2017-tlg009-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2017.tlg009.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2017.tlg009.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2017/tlg009/local001.json.gz"}}