Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

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Greek text of Maxims I (Sent. alph. I) published by Grynaeus (1569), after Neadro
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Three works, CPG 2443 through 2445, are very similar, comprising 24, 24, and 26 proverbs, respectively. These brief texts resemble other ancient Christian collections of proverbs, many of which originate with non-Christian authors, but adapted to a Christian context. For specifically, Evagrius writes in the mode of the Pythagorean maxims, highly compressed gnomic sayings.
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Grynaeus, Johann Jacob, and Georg Fabricius, eds. Monumenta s. patrum orthodoxographa , hoc est, theologiae sacrosanctæ ac syncerioris fidei doctores, numero circiter L X X X V, ecclesiae columina luminaque clarissima, authores partim græci, partim latini, ob vetustatem & eruditionem venerandi, quorum quidam hactenus non æditi latuerunt: verbis breves, divini verò spiritus doctrina multorum scriptorum quantumvis prolixa volumina superantes, ut verè possint appellari theologica bibliotheca, abundè satis sufficiens theologo in omnem usum futura,. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Caes. Majest. Basileæ. M. D. LXIX, 1569. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9116970z.
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Greek text of Maxims I (Sent. alph. I) published by Grynaeus (1569), after Neadro

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ἀρχὴ σωτηρίας, ἡ ἑαυτοῦ κατάγνωσις.
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βέλτιον εἰκῆ ἐμβάλλειν λίθον, ἢ λόγον.
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γενοῦ τοῖς πᾶσιν, ὡς σὺ θέλεις πάντας.
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δικαιοσύνην μᾶλλον ἔργῳ, ἢ λόγῳ ἄσκει.
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εὐσεβὴς οὐχ ὁ πολλοὺς ἐλεῶν, ἀλλ' ὁ μηδένα ἀδικῶν.
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ζῆν ἄμεινον ἐπὶ στιβάδος, καὶ θαῤῥεῖν, ἢ χρυσῆν ἔχοντα κλίνην.
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ἡδὺς ἐκεῖνος ὁ φίλος, ὁ τὴν ψυχὴν διατρέφων.
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θεὸν μὲν λόγοις ὕμνει, ἔργοις δὲ σέβου, ἐννοίᾳ δὲ τίμα.
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ἱερέα φρόνησις, καὶ βίος, καὶ εὐγένεια ποιεῖ.
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κάκιστόν ἐστι πάσι δουλεύειν αἰσχροῖς.
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λόγῳ μὲν τὴν ἀρετὴν δίδασκε, ἔργῳ δὲ αὐτὴν κήρυττε.
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μὴ τὸ ἔχειν ἀρετὴν καλὸν νόμιζε, ἀλλὰ τὸ ὡς δεῖ.
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νόμον τιμῶν, κατὰ νόμον ζήσεις.
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ξένος ἐκεῖνος, οὗ ξένα τὰ τοῦ κόσμου.
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ὁ φθονῶν ἑαυτὸν ζημιοῖ· ὁ γὰρ κατ' ἄλλου φθεγγόμενος, φθάνει πάσχων ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ κακῶς.
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πλούσιον μήτε κολάκευε, μήτε παρόξυνε.
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ῥώννυσι μὲν οἶνος τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν λόγος θεοῦ.
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σιτίοις χρῶ, οὐ τοῖς ἡδέσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ὠφελίμοις.
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τοῖς ὄχλοις πειρώμενος ἀρέσκειν, τῶν ὄχλων ὅμοιος ἔσο.
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ὑπὲρ πάντα καταχρῶ τῷ σώματί σου.
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φιλόπονος ἐκεῖνος, ᾧ χρόνος οὐ περισσεύει.
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χριστιανοῦ ἀνδρὸς μὴ τὸ σχῆμα ἀποδέχου, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς φρόνημα.
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ψέγειν ἀνεπίληπτον εἰς θεὸν ἁμαρτία.
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ὤτων καὶ γλώσσης, μέγας ὁ κίνδυνος.