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καίτοι πρὸς τῆς
Ἀθηνᾶς ἅπαντα μὲν ἃ ἔφην, ἐάσωμεν αὐτοῦ καταβαλόντες
καὶ λήθη τις ἔστω αὐτῶν ὥσπερ τῶν πρὸ Εὐκλείδου
ἄρχοντος πραχθέντων, ὑποθέμενοι δὲ ταύτην φιλοσοφίαν
ὀρθὴν εἶναι τὴν τῶν Στωϊκῶν, ἄλλην δὲ μηδ᾽ ἡντιναοῦν,
ἴδωμεν εἰ ἐφικτὴ αὕτη καὶ δυνατή ἐστιν, ἢ
μάτην κάμνουσιν ὁπόσοι ἐφίενται αὐτῆς: τὰς μὲν γὰρ
ὑποσχέσεις ἀκούω θαυμαστάς τινας, ἡλίκα εὐδαιμονήσουσιν
οἱ ἐς τὸ ἀκρότατον ἐλθόντες: μόνους γὰρ τούτους
πάντα συλλαβόντας ἕξειν τὰ τῷ ὄντι ἀγαθά. τὸ μετὰ
ταῦτα δὲ σὺ ἂν ἄμεινον εἰδείης, εἴ τινι ἐντετύχηκας
Στωϊκῷ τοιούτῳ καὶ Στωϊκῶν τῷ ἄκρῳ, οἵῳ μήτε λυπεῖσθαι
μήθ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς κατασπᾶσθαι μήτε ὀργίζεσθαι,
φθόνου δὲ κρείττονι καὶ πλούτου καταφρονοῦντι καὶ
συνόλως εὐδαίμονι, ὁποῖον χρὴ τὸν κανόνα εἶναι καὶ
γνώμονα τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν βίου, — ὁ γὰρ καὶ κατὰ
μικρότατον ἐνδέων ἀτελής, κἂν πάντα πλείω ἔχῃ — εἰ δὲ
τοῦτο οὐχί, οὐδέπω εὐδαίμων.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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