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προήχθη γὰρ αὐτήν τε φιλοσοφίαν ἐπαινέσαι καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ ταύτης
ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τῶν δημοσίᾳ νομιζομένων ἀγαθῶν καταγελάσαι, πλούτου καὶ δόξης καὶ βασιλείας καὶ τιμῆς, ἔτι τε χρυσοῦ καὶ πορφύρας, τῶν πάνυ περιβλέπτων τοῖς πολλοῖς, τέως δὲ κἀμοὶ δοκούντων. ἅπερ ἔγωγε ἀτενεῖ καὶ ἀναπεπταμένῃ τῇ - ψυχῇ δεξάμενος αὐτίκα μὲν οὐδὲ εἶχον εἰκάσαι
ὅπερ ἐπεπόνθειν, ἀλλὰ παντοῖος ἐγιγνόμην καὶ
ἄρτι μὲν ἐλυπούμην, ἐληλεγμένων μοι τῶν φιλτάτων, πλούτου τε καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ δόξης, καὶ μόνον οὐκ; ἐδάκρυον ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς καθῃρημένοις, ἄρτι
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δὲ αὐτὰ μὲν ἐδόκει μοι ταπεινὰ καὶ καταγέλαστα:
ἔχαιρον δ᾽ αὖ ὥσπερ ^ ἐκ ζοφεροῦ τινος ἀέρος
τοῦ βίου τοῦ πρόσθεν ἐς αἰθρίαν τε καὶ μέγα φῶς ἀναβλέπων ὥστε δή, τὸ καινότατον, τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ μὲν καὶ τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν ἀσθενείας ἐπελανθανόμην, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ὀξυδερκέστερος κατὰ μικρὸν ἐγιγνόμην ἐλελήθειν γάρ τέως αὐτὴν τυφλώττουσαν περιφέρων.
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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