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ὃ δὲ
φής, ὅτι τὰ κεφάλαια ῥᾴδιον ἀκοῦσαι ἁπάσης φιλοσοφίας
ἐν ὀλίγῳ μορίῳ ἡμέρας, οἷον ἀρχὰς αὐτῶν καὶ τέλη
καὶ τί θεοὺς οἴονται εἶναι, τί ψυχήν, καὶ τίνες μὲν σώματα
πάντα φασί, τίνες δὲ καὶ ἀσώματα εἶναι ἀξιοῦσι,
καὶ ὅτι οἱ μὲν ἡδονήν, οἱ δὲ τὸ καλὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὔδαιμον
τίθενται καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἀκούσαντας
ἀποφήνασθαι ῥᾴδιον καὶ ἔργον οὐδέν: εἰδέναι δὲ ὅστις
ὁ τἀληθῆ λέγων ἐστίν, ὅρα μὴ οὐχὶ μορίου ἐστὶν ἡμέρας,
ἀλλὰ πολλῶν ἡμερῶν δέηται. ἢ τί γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι παθόντες
ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τούτων ἑκατοντάδας καὶ χιλιάδας βιβλίων
ἕκαστοι συγγεγράφασιν, ὡς πείσαιεν, οἶμαι, ἀληθῆ εἶναι
τὰ ὀλίγα ἐκεῖνα καὶ ἅ σοι δοκεῖ ῥᾴδια καὶ εὐμαθῆ; νῦν
δὲ μάντεως, οἶμαι, δεήσει σοι κἀνταῦθα πρὸς τὴν αἵρεσιν
τῶν κρειττόνων, εἰ μὴ ἀνέχῃ τὴν διατριβήν, ὡς ἀκριβῶς
ἑλέσθαι, αὐτὸς ἅπαντα καὶ ὅλον ἕκαστον κατανοήσας:
ἐπίτομος γὰρ αὕτη γένοιτ᾽ ἄν, οὐκ ἔχουσα περιπλοκὰς
οὐδ᾽ ἀναβολάς, εἰ μεταστειλάμενος τὸν μάντιν ἀκούσας
τῶν κεφαλαίων ἁπάντων σφαγιάζοιο ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστοις: ἀπαλλάξει
γάρ σε ὁ θεὸς μυρίων πραγμάτων δείξας ἐν τῷ τοῦ
ἱερείου ἥπατι ἅτινά σοι αἱρετέον.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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