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τὰ δὲ δὴ ἄνω ὅτι εὐδαίμονα καὶ τοιαῦτα
ὡς πάντα χρῆν ὑπομεῖναι δι᾽ αὐτά, πόθεν ἔχεις εἰδέναι;
οὐ γὰρ δὴ αὐτός πω ἀνελήλυθας.
Ἑρμότιμος
ἀλλὰ τῷ διδασκάλῳ πιστεύω λέγοντι: ὁ δὲ
πάνυ οἶδεν ἅτε ἀκρότατος ἤδη ὤν.
Λυκῖνος
ἔλεγε δὲ πρὸς θεῶν ποῖα τὰ περὶ αὐτῶν ἢ
τίνα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν εἶναι τὴν ἐκεῖ; ἦ που τινὰ πλοῦτον
καὶ δόξαν καὶ ἡδονὰς ἀνυπερβλήτους;
Ἑρμότιμος
εὐφήμει, ὦ ἑταῖρε: οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστι ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν ἐν τῇ ἀρετῇ βίον.
Λυκῖνος
ἀλλὰ τίνα φησὶ τἀγαθά, εἰ μὴ ταῦτα, ἕξειν
προς τὸ τέλος τῆς ἀσκήσεως ἐλθόντας;
Ἑρμότιμος
σοφίαν καὶ ἀνδρείαν καὶ τὸ καλὸν αὐτὸ καὶ
τὸ δίκαιον καὶ τὸ πάντα ἐπίστασθαι βεβαίως πεπεισμένον
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ᾗ ἕκαστα ἔχει: πλούτους δὲ καὶ δόξας καὶ ἡδονὰς καὶ
ὅσα τοῦ σώματος, ταῦτα πάντα κάτω ἀφεὶς καὶ ἀποδυσάμενος
ἀνέρχεται, ὥσπερ φασὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα ἐν τῇ Οἴτῃ κατακαυθέντα
θεὸν γενέσθαι: καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἀποβαλὼν
ὁπόσον ἀνθρώπειον εἶχε παρὰ τῆς μητρὸς καὶ καθαρόν
τε καὶ ἀκήρατον φέρων τὸ θεῖον ἀνέπτατο ἐς τοὺς θεοὺς
διευκρινηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρός. καὶ οὗτοι δὴ ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας
ὥσπερ ὑπό τινος πυρὸς ἅπαντα ταῦτα περιαιρεθέντες,
ἃ τοῖς ἄλλοις θαυμαστὰ εἶναι δοκεῖ οὐκ ὀρθῶς δοξάζουσιν,
ἀνελθόντες ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον εὐδαιμονοῦσι πλούτου
καὶ δόξης καὶ ἡδονῶν ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ μεμνημένοι ἔτι, καταγελῶντες
δὲ τῶν οἰομένων ταῦτα εἶναι.
Λυκῖνος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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