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αἴτιον δὲ τῆς ἡδονῆς τοῖς ὑβρίζουσιν, ὅτι οἴονται κακῶς δρῶντες αὐτοὶ ὑπερέχειν μᾶλλον （διὸ οἱ νέοι καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι ὑβρισταί: ὑπερέχειν γὰρ οἴονται ὑβρίζοντες）: ὕβρεως δὲ ἀτιμία, ὁ δ᾽
ἀτιμάζων ὀλιγωρεῖ: τὸ γὰρ μηδενὸς ἄξιον οὐδεμίαν ἔχει τιμήν, οὔτε ἀγαθοῦ οὔτε κακοῦ: διὸ λέγει ὀργιζόμενος ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς “ἠτίμησεν: ἑλὼν γὰρ ἔχει γέρας αὐτὸς
” Hom. Il. 1.356 καὶ “ὡς εἴ τιν᾽ ἀτίμητον μετανάστην,
” Hom. Il. 9.648
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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