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καὶ μὴν κἀκείνους διεγέλα τοὺς θαυμάσιόν τινα τὴν σπουδὴν περὶ τὰ δεῖπνα ποιουμένους χυμῶν τε ποικιλίαις καὶ πεμμάτων περιεργίαις:
καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ τούτους ἔφασκεν ὀλιγοχρονίου
τε καὶ βραχείας ἡδονῆς ἔρωτι πολλὰς πραγματείας ὑπομένειν ἀπέφαινε γοῦν τεσσάρων δακτύλων αὐτοῖς ἕνεκα πάντα πονεῖσθαι τὸν πόνον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσους ὁ μήκιστος ἀνθρώπου λαιμὸς
ἐστιν οὔτε γὰρ πρὶν ἐμφαγεῖν, ἀπολαύειν τι τῶν ἐωνημένων, οὔτε βρωθέντων ἡδίω γενέσθαι τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν πολυτελεστέρων πλησμονήν λοιπὸν
οὖν εἶναι τὴν ἐν τῇ παρόδῳ γιγνομένην ἡδονὴν τοσούτων ὠνεῖσθαι χρημάτων. εἰκότα δὲ πάσχειν ἔλεγεν αὐτοὺς ὑπ᾽ ἀπαιδευσίας τὰς ἀληθεστέρας ἡδονὰς ἀγνοοῦντας, ὧν ἀπασῶν φιλοσοφία χορηγός ἐστιν τοῖς πονεῖν προαιρουμένοις.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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