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title: Other Fragments-Principles
title_greek: Ἄλλα Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀρχῶν
author: Origen of Alexandria
eul_wid: uhs-be
eul_aid: uhs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-other-fragments-uhs-be"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Christian Koine
domain: Theology
format: Treatise
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---

# Other Fragments-Principles

*Ἄλλα Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀρχῶν*

**Author:** Origen of Alexandria

**eul_wid:** `uhs-be` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/origen-alexandria-other-fragments-uhs-be)

## Text

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Max. Conf. Schol. in lib. De eccl. hier. 6, 6 (PG 4, 173): Μὴ οὖν τις τῶν Ὠριγένους μυστῶν οἰέσθω τὸ παρὸν ῥητὸν συνηγορεῖν τῇ κακοπίστῳ αὐτοῦ δόξῃ, φάσκων ὅτι ἀεὶ πτῶσις καὶ ἀνάκλισις καὶ μετάπτωσις τῶν οὐρανίων γίνεται νοῶν, ὥς φησιν Ὠριγένης μὲν ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἀρχῶν πρώτῳ λόγῳ οὕτως· → Ὁ τοίνυν λόγος, οἶμαι, δείκνυσι πᾶς, πᾶν ὅ τι ποτὲ λογικὸν ἀπὸ παντὸς οὑτινοσοῦν λογικοῦ δύνασθαι γενέσθαι. ← Καὶ μετὰ βραχέα ἐπάγει λέγων· → Μετὰ τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τέλος πάλιν ἀπόρρευσις καὶ κατάπτωσις γίνεται. ← Epiph. Haer. 64, 4, 6: → ψυχὴν γάρ, φησι, διὰ τοῦτο καλοῦμεν, διὰ τὸ ἄνωθεν ἐψῦχθαι. ← Epiph. Haer. 64, 4, 7—8: → τὸ γὰρ εἰπεῖν, φησί (scil. Or.) , τὸν προφήτην „πρὶν ἢ ταπεινωθῆναί με ἐγὼ ἐπλημμέλησα“, ἐξ αὐτῆς, φησί, τῆς ψυχῆς ὁ λόγος, ὡς ἄνω ἐν οὐρανῷ ἐπλημμέλησε, πρὶν ἢ ἐν τῷ σώματι τεταπεινῶσθαι· ← καὶ → τὸ εἰπεῖν „ἐπίστρεψον, ἡ ψυχή μου, εἰς τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν σου“, ὡς τοῦ ἀνδραγαθήσαντος ἐνταῦθα ἐν ἀγαθοεργίᾳ ἐπιστρέφοντος εἰς τὴν ἄνω ἀνάπαυσιν διὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐργασίας δικαιο πραγίαν. ←

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