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παπαῖ, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, ὡς ἰσχυρὰ ταῦτα εἴρηκας
ἀπὸ τῶν μερῶν ἀξιῶν τὰ ὅλα εἰδέναι: καίτοι ἐγὼ
τὰ ἐναντία ἀκούσας μέμνημαι ὡς ὁ μὲν τὸ ὅλον εἰδὼς
εἰδείη ἂν καὶ τὸ μέρος, ὁ δὲ μόνον τὸ μέρος οὐκέτι καὶ
τὸ ὅλον. οὕτως καί μοι τόδε ἀπόκριναι, ὁ Φειδίας ἄν ποτε
ἰδὼν ὄνυχα λέοντος ἔγνω ἄν, ὅτι λέοντός ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ
ἑωράκει ποτὲ λέοντα ὅλον; ἢ σὺ ἀνθρώπου χεῖρα ἰδὼν
ἔσχες ἂν εἰπεῖν ὅτι ἀνθρώπου ἐστὶ μὴ πρότερον εἰδὼς
μηδὲ ἑωρακὼς ἄνθρωπον; τί σιγᾷς; ἢ βούλει ἐγὼ ἀποκρίνωμαι
ὑπὲρ σοῦ τά γε ἀναγκαῖα, ὅτι οὐκ ἂν εἶχες;
ὥστε κινδυνεύει ὁ Φειδίας ἄπρακτος ἀπεληλυθέναι μάτην
ἀναπλάσας τὸν λέοντα: οὐδὲν γὰρ πρὸς τὸν Διόνυσον
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ὦπται λέγων. ἢ πῶς ταῦτα ἐκείνοις ὅμοια; τῷ μὲν
γὰρ Φειδίᾳ καὶ σοὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο τοῦ γνωρίζειν τὰ μέρη
αἴτιον ἦν ἢ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ὅλον, ἄνθρωπον λέγω καὶ λέοντα,
ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ δέ, οἷον τῇ Στωϊκῶν, πῶς ἂν ἀπὸ τοῦ
μέρους καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἴδοις; ἢ πῶς ἂν ἀποφαίνοιο ὡς καλά;
οὐ γὰρ οἶσθα τὸ ὅλον, οὗ μέρη ἐκεῖνά ἐστιν.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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