{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2102.tlg012.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg012.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2102.tlg012.local001","title":"Contra Manichaeos","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":"Contra Manichaeos, MPG 39: 1085–1109. Cod: 4,484: Theol.","citationShort":"Contra Manichaeos, MPG 39: 1085–1109."},"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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrologia_Graeca_Vol._039.pdf","sourceLinkType":"facsimile","sourceRights":"Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0","citation":"Contra Manichaeos. Contra Manichaeos, MPG 39: 1085–1109.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2102.tlg012.local001","excerpt":"τί ἐστιν, αὐτὸ ὃ εἶπον κοινῶς αὐταῖς ὑπάρχειν· οὐκ ἄρα ἀγένητοι αἱ ἀρχαί. Αὗται γὰρ ἀγένητοι αἱ ἐναν- τίαι· τὸ δὲ κοινῶς αὐταῖς ὑπάρχειν πρὸ αὐτῶν. Οὐκ ἄρα ἀγένητοι αἱ ἀρχαί· οὐδὲν γὰρ πρὸ ἀγενήτου. Εἰ δὲ λέγοιεν, μὴ κατὰ τὸ ἀγένητον ἔχειν αὐτὰς τὴν ἐναντιότητα· καὶ τοῦτο κοινὸν αὐτῶν εὑρεθήσε- ται. Ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ ἀγενήτως τὸ κακὸν, κακὸν, καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν, ἀγαθόν· κοινὸν εὑρεθήσεται τὸ ἀγένητον κα- κὸν ἀμφοτέρων, καὶ τὸ ἀγένητον ἀγαθὸν ἀμφοτέρων. Εἰ γὰρ ἀγαθὸν ἄνευ τοῦ ἀγενήτου οὐ δύναται εὑρε- θῆναι, κοινὸν δὲ τὸ ἀγένητον· κοινὸν ἄρα καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἑπόμενον τῷ ἀγενήτῳ· τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν τὸ ἀγαθόν. Εἰ δὲ λέγοιεν, μὴ κοινὸν αὐτῶν τὸ ἀγένητον εἶναι· ᾗ θατέρῳ ὑπάρχει, τῷ λοιπῷ οὐχ ὑπάρχει· ἔσται τοίνυν ἀγένητον, ἢ τὸ ἀγαθὸν, ἢ τὸ κακόν· οὐ τὸ ἀγα- θὸν καὶ κακόν. Εἰ οὖν εὑρεθείη τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἀγένητον, τὸ κακὸν γενητόν. Ἄλλως τε πᾶν κακὸν κολαστέον· οὐδὲν κολαστέον ἄφθαρτον· οὐδὲν ἄρα κακὸν ἄφθαρτον,…","divisions":[{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg012.local001/#tlg2102-tlg012-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg012.local001/#tlg2102-tlg012-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg012.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2102.tlg012.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102/tlg012/local001.json.gz"}}