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εἰκότως: οὐδὲ γὰρ εὐπρόσωπον οὐδέν.
ὥστε ἢν ἐθέλωμεν ἢ τὸν ἔχοντα τὴν ἱερὰν φιάλην εὑρεῖν
ἢ τὸν ἔφεδρον ἢ τὸν ἄριστα ἡγησόμενον ἡμῖν ἐς τὴν πόλιν
ἐκείνην τὴν Κόρινθον, ἐπὶ πάντας ἀναγκαίως ἀφιξόμεθα
καὶ ἐξετάσομεν ἄκρως πειρώμενοι καὶ ἀποδύοντες
καὶ παραθεωροῦντες: μόλις γὰρ ἂν οὕτω τἀληθὲς ἐκμάθοιμεν.
καὶ εἴ γέ τις μέλλει σύμβουλός μοι ἀξιόπιστος
ἔσεσθαι φιλοσοφίας πέρι, ἥντινα φιλοσοφητέον, οὗτος
ἂν εἴη μόνος ὁ τὰ ὑπὸ πασῶν αὐτῶν λεγόμενα εἰδώς, οἱ
δ᾽ ἄλλοι ἀτελεῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἂν πιστεύσαιμι αὐτοῖς, ἔστ᾽ ἂν
καὶ μιᾶς ἀπείρατοι ὦσι: τάχα γὰρ ἂν ἡ ἀρίστη ἐκείνη
εἴη. οὐ γὰρ δὴ εἴ τις παραστησάμενος καλὸν ἄνθρωπον
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λέγοι τοῦτον εἶναι κάλλιστον ἀνθρώπων ἁπάντων, πιστεύσαιμεν
ἂν αὐτῷ, ἢν μὴ εἰδῶμεν ὅτι πάντας ἀνθρώπους
ἑώρακεν: ἴσως μὲν γὰρ καὶ οὗτος καλός, εἰ δὲ πάντων
κάλλιστος, οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι εἰδέναι μὴ ἰδὼν ἅπαντας.
ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ αὐτὸ μόνον καλοῦ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ καλλίστου δεόμεθα,
καὶ ἢν μὴ τοῦτο εὕρωμεν, οὐδὲν ἡμῖν πλέον πεπρᾶχθαι
ἡγησόμεθα: οὐ γὰρ ἀγαπήσομεν ὁποιῳδήποτε
καλῷ ἐντυχόντες, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο τὸ ἀκρότατον ζητοῦμεν
κάλλος, ὅπερ ἀνάγκη ἓν εἶναι.
Ἑρμότιμος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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