---
title: Fragments on Human Nature
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Ἀνθρωπίνης Φύσεως
author: Sclerias the Tragedian
eul_wid: geu-aa
eul_aid: geu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/sclerias-human-nature-geu-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (dr, frg)"
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Human Nature

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Ἀνθρωπίνης Φύσεως*

**Author:** Sclerias the Tragedian

**eul_wid:** `geu-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/sclerias-human-nature-geu-aa)

## Text

### book 1

πολλοῖσι θνητῶν ἡ μὲν ὄψις εὐγενής, ὁ νοῦς δ’ ἐν αὐτοῖς δυσγενὴς εὑρίσκεται

### book 2

ὡς οὐκ ἀνεκτός, ὅστις ἢ πάροινος ὤν ἢ καὶ μεμηνὼς εἰς μὲν αὑτὸν ἀσφαλής ἀεί ποτ’ ἐστίν, εἰς δὲ τοὺς πέλας νοσεῖ

### book 4*

πόλεμος οὐ λαφυραγωγεῖ τὴν ἀρετήν

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