The Fragments on the Pursuit of the Good is a lost philosophical treatise attributed to Polystratus, the third scholarch of the Epicurean school in Athens. Known only from a single mention in a list of the author’s writings, no direct quotations from its twenty-five passages survive. As an Epicurean text, its subject was the practical attainment of the highest good, defined within that tradition as pleasure—specifically the state of tranquility and freedom from bodily pain. Inferred from its title and the author’s affiliation, the treatise would have addressed core Epicurean ethical themes, including the definition of the good as pleasure and the absence of pain, the pursuit of tranquility and freedom from disturbance, the calculus for choosing between pleasures and pains, and the instrumental role of philosophy, friendship, and prudence in achieving the good life. The work did not survive the general decline of the Epicurean textual tradition in late antiquity, a fate common to most works by the school’s later leaders. While its direct influence is untraceable, the treatise represents the continued scholarly elaboration and reinforcement of orthodox Epicurean doctrine in the 3rd century BCE, serving to instruct the Epicurean community and ensure doctrinal stability following the death of the school’s founder.
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| f3 col4a | ... ]το[ ...... ]ειας συμπε[ ....... ] [ ....... ]και[ ... ]οισμιοις εφ[ ....... ] πο[ .. ]νουτ[ .... ]ουδεμ[ ... ]ε[ . ] τοιοῦτο [π̣]αρεξεύ[ρη]ται αὐτῆι τῆι παρ’ αὐτο[ῖ]ς ἐννοία[ι πα]ντὸς καὶ ἔργου καὶ καιροῦ καὶ ἄλ[λ]ου οὗ δήπο τ ε † λειται τὸ οἰκεῖον [τῶ]ι ὁμοίωι κατὰ τὴν μνήμην ἐ[ν]αργήματι, λ[υπο]υ̣μένους εὐφραῖνον αὐτοὺς ⟦ σ ⟧ ἁ[πα]ν τ [α‐] [χό]θεν καὶ ἧ κ ον προσ[ ... ]ει[ ... ]ιν[ ..... ] [ . ]ρες τὸ σοφίας ἴδιον ἐργαζομένους ἐν παντὶ καιρῶι κ[ατ’ ἀπά]ντησιν ἀεὶ τῶν συ[μ]βεβηκότων καὶ ἐπι[βο‐] λὰς ἰδία[ς π]οιουμένους, κα[ὶ] λόγον τὸν [κυριώτατον ..... προσάγο]ντας [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [———————————————————] τὸ τῆς ο[——————————] ἡμέρας ἰ δί ων ἐρ[ . |
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| f3 col5a | . ]το ἀπροσδόκ[η]τον μὲν ν[ .... ]πο[ . ἀ‐] [πο]λελαυκὸς δὲ [ .... ]επ[ .... ]με[ .. ]ν ὕμνων αὐτοῦ πάν[το]σ̣ε φαι〈δ〉[ρ]ώματι τἀγαθὸν ἐκ πάν[τ]ων τῶν 〈κ〉[α] λ ῶν συμπληρωσαμένο̣[υ]· πᾶγ γὰρ τὸ τοιοῦτο ⟦ ν ⟧ καὶ τὸ ὁμοειδὲς τούτω[ν̣] πλήρωμα καὶ σ[ .... ]ύ[ . ]ημα τῆς ἡμ[ετέ]ρας διαγ[ωγῆς, τὸ] γινόμενον τε καὶ ἐσόμενον ἐκ [τῆς] [ π ]ερὶ ἐκεῖνον ὀ[ρ̣]θ̣ῆς δ̣ιαλογίσεως καὶ πρὸ ὀμμά[τ]ων θέσεω 〈ς ἁ〉 πάν̣των τ̣ῶν̣ ἐκε [ί]ν̣ου † λαθηι † ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς [φ]ύσεως γενν[ω]μένων [ ........ ]εκτικοῖς αυ[ ... ]νουτα[ ...... ]τω[ . ]λω [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [—————————————] [ . |
| f3 col5b | . ]ω[———]μ[ . ] δ υ ν αμε[ ...... ] [ . ]υτ[ ... ]ν ἐγ[λ]ύσωμεν π̣[α]ρ̣αβε[β——————] τύχηι καὶ [——] [——————] τῆς κι[ν]ήσεώ[ς τε] κ[αὶ] [τῆς] μονῆς τῶν ζηλουμένων [ ...... ]πα[ ... ]ν οὖν πέφυκεν [ ... ]με[——————]αυ̣τα [ . ]ν [——————]αιμ[———]ο α[—] [ . ]μο[————]ωτ[——————] [ ... ]ταὐτὸ με [————]σου[—] [ . ]μονὴ θαρ σ [————————] [—————————————] [—————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ . |
| f3 col6a | ...... ]οιε[———————] τω[ .... ]ανη[———————] με[ ..... ]ω[ .. ]ε[ .. ] ἐγγυτέρω καὶ εσχ[ . ]κον[ ... μ]ετέχειν αὐτῶν καὶ ταυ[ ...... ]το τοῦ μηδὲ ζηλοῦν τις αυ[ .... ] παράπαν ἐφ’ αὑτόν τε καὶ τ[ ...... ]υτιν[ ..... ] μ[ . ]ν τοῦ τυχ[ ..... ] τ ω [ ...... ] [τ̣]ινα καὶ οὐκ ἐ[ ..... ]τ[ .... ] αὐτοῖς ἐπ̣[ὶ τ]ὸ ἐν αἰτίοις ν̣ω̣[ .... κ]αὶ φόβου καὶ δυσελπιστίας ἀμ[αύρω‐] [μα] γίνεται, ἀφ’ ὧν ου[ . ]α[ . ]οτ[ .. ]οι[—— ἀ‐] γα[θ .. ] ὑμν[ήσ]ει[ . ] κα[τὰ] μέ[ρος———] [ ... ]υτου σ[υμ]βαιν[—————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [————————————] [———————————— ἀ‐] [να]νκαῖον τὰ παρα[————τῶι σο‐] [ φ ]ῶι ἐφ’ ὅσον αμολ̣[ . |
| f3 col6b | ..... ]τουτο [ .. ]υ ἀγαθὸν μ[ ...... ]οχο[ . ]νος [ . ]ν αὐτό, ἀλλ’ [οὐ]δ’ ἐ«φ»’ ὅσον [ἂν] [ ... ]υ . φάπτη[τ] αι συ [ν]ατ̣[ .... ] [ .... ]ν τελειων κα ὶ ι̣ [————] [——— ]καθο̣[ ..... ] [————] [———]ἀκολου θων [—————] [—————————————] [—————————————] [—————————————] [—————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] φα[ . |
| f3 col7a | ... ]αντε [——————]μ[ .... ] πά[ντω]ν τῶ̣ν σ[ .... ]σων ὑπαρχόντ[ων] λαμβάνει, καθὸ μάλ[ισ]τα [τ]ιμ[η]σ̣ό̣μενος, ὁ βλέπων ἀε[ὶ] μάλιστα [τ] ὸ το ύτου ἀγαθόν, ὡς π [ρ]οείρηκα, [κ] α ὶ τὸ αὑτοῦ ἀγαθὸν [ π ᾶν] ὑμνεῖ τ̣ε̣ καὶ συναύξει κατὰ πολλὰ ὁμοιοῦν αὑτ[ὸ]ν τῶι σοφῶι ζη[ τ ῶ] ν καὶ «ἐξ» αὐτ[οῦ] τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον ἐνε̣ργ[ή]ματος. καὶ γὰρ τελεῖν τὸ ὑπάρχον οὗτος ὁ 𐅻 ̣ θε[ῖ]ος τ̣[ .... ]μεν[ . ]σι[ .. ]νατιστος τ[ . ]ι ἀλλ ω ........ πρά[ττ]ων [καὶ λέγων ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν?] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [—————————————] [—————————————] π[ . |
| f3 col7b | . ]ι̣ει. οθ[ .. ] βλεπτέον ὀρθῶς ο̣ σ [ .. ] ιλο [ ...... ] ἄγοντας αὐτοῦ π[α]νταχόθεν καὶ τὸ τοῦ κα[ ... ] μονος καὶ σω[τ]ηρο[ .. ]των ἀγαθῶ[ν πά] ντ ων [τε] καὶ το[ ... ]ιν[ ... ] η ρων [ .... ]ειον[ .. ]ποτ[ .. ]υ[ ... ] ον κα [ὶ] το[—————————] κα τ αλε λο [ίπα] με ν [ ... ]αν καὶ λα[ ... ] νον [—————]τ ι [ . ] σ [ .. ]η[———] [————————————] [————————————] [————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [πάθεσι]ν ὡς τ[έλ]ει, ἐξ ὧ[ν π]ροσευ[ρεθή]σεται ἀ̣[ληθῶς κτ]ησάμενος ὃ αὐτ[ὴ] ἐ̣π[ε]σημ[ήν]ατο ἡ φύσις, καὶ ἀπ[ὸ τ]ῶν πρώτων καὶ ἀρχ[όν]των ὁ[ρμ]ῆσαι ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξετασ[μ]ὸν κα[ὶ] τὴν ἔφοδον τῆς κρ[ί‐] σεως τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξ ὧν ἐ[γ]γίνεται μόνων ψ[υ]χῆι πίστις. |
| f3 col8a | π [ροσγρ]άφων πάλι[ν· ..... ] καὶ τὸ τέλος εἰσοδ[ . πλε]ονεξίαν ιων ο τη[ . ] φαν[ ...... ]θ̣ει[ .... ] [ . ]σα πυκ[ .. ]σε[———————] [ .. ]κατη[—————————κυ‐] [ρι]ώτατα[—————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [————————————] γενέσεως [ . |
| f3 col8b | .. ]α[ ...... ]ταμειρα [ . ]εωσοδεω[ .. ] ἐπὶ τ[ὴν τ]ῶν ὄντων θεωρίαν καὶ [ἀ]πὸ τ[ούτ]ω[ν] ἕκαστα πιστούμενος—τ[οία] πρὸς τὰ κατὰ τέλη τῆς κρίσεως [ἐπ] α γωγή—δι̣’ [ὧ]ν κἀιφ’ ἑ̣[ ... ] κἀιξ̣ ὧν̣[ ἑξ̣]ῆς πᾶσα [ἡ] δύναμ[ι]ς καὶ [τὸ] δέο«ν» πᾶν ἐθε[ωρ]ήθη, ἐφ’ ὅ[σ]ον [ ... ] καὶ [τ]ὸ δυνατ[ὸν .... ]α [ . ]ων̣ καὶ μέχρι τινὸ[ς—————] [ . ]αισφ[ .. ]ων[————————] [ . ]νο[ ... ]υν[————————] μεν[———————————] [τ]ε καὶ α[—————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [———————]ιλυ[—————] [ . |
| f3 col9a | ....... ]ωσιασ[ . ]ουδει μ [————] [τ]οῖς οὖσι[ν] ἐψεῦ[σ]θαι συμβαίνει ἅμα τά τε δυνατ[ὰ] καὶ μὴ συνορᾶν [καὶ] ἀφ’ ὧν καὶ ἐ̣φ’ ὅ[σο̣]ν ἕκαστ’ ἀποβαίνειν πέφυκεν καὶ μὴ τά γε ἀναίτια αἰτιᾶσθαι, μήτ[ε] τῶν κατ’ ἀλήθειαν ἐχόντων τὰς αἰτίας α[ἰτιολ]ο ⟦ υ ⟧ γ[ο]υμέ[νο]υς μο[ναχῶς καταλαβ]εῖν(?) ἀλλὰ τ 〈ὰ〉 οἰκεῖα ἐ[φ’] ὅσον ὑπάρχει ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ μέρος ποιητικοῖς [διαφυλάτ]τεσθ[α̣ι̣———————] τοσου[ .... ]οδιω[ ... ]ητατε[———] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [————————————] [———] μήτ[ε ——————] ἀπατωμένο[υ]ς εἰς 〈δυσχερεῖσ〉 καὶ ἀλυσ[ι]τελεῖς ὁ[ρ]μὰς κα[ὶ] ἐπιθυμίας ἐμπίπτειν, ἐξ ὧν πολλαπλασί[ως] τ[ὸ ὀχλη]ρὸν ἀπο[β]αίνει τῆι φύ[σ]ει, [πολ]λὰς δὲ καὶ πα̣[ν‐] τοδα[πὰς . |
| f3 col9b | .. ]πας κα[ ...... ] ι[ . ]ν πασ[ . ]τε[ .... κ]αὶ ἀλυ[σιτελ—] ἐρχο̣μ̣[ ....... ]των τα[———] λουτ[ ....... ]νυπο[————] ταστ[ ...... ]υχης εκ[————] εντε[ ....... ]ουθεν[————] [————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] τοῦ συ[γ]γενικοῦ τέλου[ς τ]ῆι φύ[σει] παρεσκεύασεν. |
| f3 col10a | [ὁ]ρίζει μὲν τὰς τῆς φύσεως ἐπιθυμίας διδάξας, ὁρίζ[ε]ι δὲ τὰς τῶν ἔξωθεν οἰκ[εί]ω[ν] ἢ ἀλλοτρίω[ν] δ[υν]άμ[ει]ς καὶ α[ἰ]τίας, ὁρίζε[ι] δὲ τὰ ἐγ νόσων καὶ ἀλγηδόνων ἀ[λ‐] λότρια καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων αἴτια̣ καὶ συν[α]ίτια πάντα διδάσ[κει], ὁρίζει δὲ τἄλ[λ]α καὶ ἐπὶ πόσον π [ρ]ὸς ἡ[μ̣]ᾶ[ς] τῶν τ[ο]ῖς πράγ[μ]ασιν ὑ[π̣όν]τω̣ 〈ν〉 καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς νόμοις καλ[ῶ]ν καὶ αι[ . ] ε ρο[ ... ]ω[———δι]δάσκων κα[ὶ κα]λῶς [ .. ]ωνι[ ..... ]σπ[ .. ] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [—————————————] [ . |
| f3 col10b | .... ]ις πάντ[α ....... ]τα ψυχ[η.] δ[ .... ]ως καὶ [ ... ] κατὰ μέρος αρ[ .... ] ἔργα διωσ̣[ ... ]ένων ἦν [σ]υμπ[λη]ροῦσθαι τὸ τ[ῆς φύσε]ως τέλος κα[τ]ὰ τὸ ὁμοειδὲς τ[ῆ]ι πρώτηι καὶ συγγενεῖ ἀρχῆ[ι] πάντω[ν] [ἐ]ξ οὗ ο[ ... ]κ[ ... ]ο[ . ]ν αὔξο[ν]τας αυ[——————]ἀκ ο υο υ [———] ἀντισπώ[ν‐] [τ]ων ου[———————]υτα[———]αι [ . ]ο̣του παρουσῶ[ν] νόσων ἄνοια τίκτει [λ]υμαινομένους [ ....... ] πραττ[όμεν]ον σ[ .... ]ησυ[ ........ ] [————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ . |
| f3 col11a | ... ]χει[ ...... ]εῦσθ’ [ὑ]πάρχειν ἐξ [ ... ]τατ[ . ]λγρ̣[ .... ]η καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου ἀπροσ[δε]ήτους ὄντας ὧν οἱ [πολ]λοὶ ζηλ[οῦ]σιν, εὐδαιμο[νί]αι [δ’ ἐ]ν ἀκροτά[τ]ηι καταζῆν 〈τ〉ὸ̣[ν] αὐτοῦ τούτ[ο]υ ὕμν[ο]ν συνεχὲς ἐνκαταρδεύοντας αὐτῶ[ι], χ̣ἄμα [π]ερὶ τοῦ κτ[ή]σ̣α̣[σθαι ————] [ . ]κ[ . ]αι μην[ . ]ηπ[————μ̣]ων [ ... ]τον το[———————] [ ... ] ὑμνο[————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [——————————]κ[——] ο[ . |
| f3 col11b | .. ]υ[ .. ]ιστ[ ... ]ογκ[ .. ]ασπ̣ου[ . ]ωι οὐ μόνοι ὠφ[έλι]μ̣οι ἄνδρες καὶ κατὰ τοὺς ἁρμ[ό]ττον[τ]ας αε νο ... ουτ [ . ] ν οιδις ζ[ῶ]ισι τὸ π[ρο]σῆκον [ἀ] 〈ε〉ὶ διδόντες ἐκ πάντων τῶ[ν προσό‐(?)] δων [ .. ]υ[ .... ]ωμενη[ ...... ]υς τὸ [κ̣υρι]ώτατον ἑορ[τ—————] τον σ[ . ]σ̣εστ̣[ ... ]ωρο[————] καὶ [—————]κτ[——————] εγα[ .. ] ἡμῶ[ν] καὶ [—————] εν[—————]ουμ[——————] τ[—————]τω[———————] [——————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] γο[ . |
| f3 col12a | ]ες τε δηι̣[ ... ]κατα[————] την ἂν βλ[έπον]τες ἕκαστα καὶ τὴν ἐ[ν] σ̣αρκ[ὶ .. ]τεσ[ .. ]οκη̣[ ..... ] οἰκ[ειότ]η[τα] δια[λη]ψόμεθα, καὶ [σώ]ιζεσθαι ζ[ητ]οῦν[τε]ς τὰ ἀπαραβίαστα μαχούμ[εθα, καὶ] τοῖς πάθεσιν ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ἀ[εὶ συμ]πράττοντες, τὴν φύ[σιν τόν τε ἀπ̣]’ αὐτῆς ἐπισπασμ[ὸν διώξομεν, .. ]δ’ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς [——————] κενα[ῖς] καὶ παραβε[βιασμέναις ... ]πα[ ........ ]ης [——————]ρον α[ .. ]θια[ .. ]ττη [——————]ενα[————]ται [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [—————————————] δόξας ὑ[π . |
| f3 col12b | ... ο]ύσης [τὰ] πάθη λαμβάνοντες καὶ τὰς ἀπὸ τούτων πράξεις συντελοῦντες, ἃ διαφόρω[ς] τῶν πολλῶν [ἐπ]ιν[ο]ούμεθα, κα[θάπ]ερ ἐν ἀρχῆ̣[ι] ἔφρ̣ασ«α», καὶ καθόλου [—] πλ εο[ ... π]ο[ι]κί[λ]α τ[ο]ι[α]ῦτα [—] [ .. ]ουγ̣[—————]ω[ . ]τεσατοτο [——]τ̣ει [————————] [————————————] [————————————] [————————————] [————————————] [————————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [———]κ[ . |
| f3 col13a | ]ου[———————] [——]νολ̣[———]εχ[————] [————————————] α[ ... κ]αὶ τῶ[ν ..... ] εἰς τ[ὴν ἀλη]θι[νὴν] ς ωτη[ρ]ίαν αἰτίαν ἢ συ[ν]έργει ⟦ η ⟧ ά[ν τι]να παρασχομένων καὶ καλῶς λ[ ... ] συμπεριοισθησόμεθα τοῖς τ [ῆς φ]ύσεως [ .... ἀ]λλο[τ]ρίοις π ρὸς π[ ... ]λ̣ω̣σινε[ .... ]μοισκ̣α̣ι[ . ] ο̣ὐδ’ αυτ[ .... ]ψα[—————] παθ [——] [ ..... ]κο[——————————] [ ..... ] τ αυτ[ η ————————] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [ . |
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