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ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ πάντας ἐλθεῖν
χρῆναι καὶ πειραθῆναι ὧν φασι καὶ τὸ μὴ ἂν ἄλλως
ἑλέσθαι τὸ βέλτιον ἢ οὕτως, εὔλογον ἴσως, τὸ δὲ τῇ πείρᾳ
ἑκάστῃ τοσαῦτα ἔτη ἀποδιδόναι, παγγέλοιον, ὥσπερ
οὐχ οἷόν τε ὂν ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων καταμαθεῖν τὰ πάντα. ἐμοὶ
δὲ καὶ πάνυ ῥᾴδιον εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ τοιοῦτον καὶ οὐ πολλῆς
διατριβῆς δεόμενον: φασί γέ τοι τῶν πλαστῶν τινα,
Φειδίαν οἶμαι, ὄνυχα μόνον λέοντος ἰδόντα ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου
ἀναλελογίσθαι, ἡλίκος ἂν ὁ πᾶς λέων γένοιτο κατ᾽ ἀξίαν
τοῦ ὄνυχος ἀναπλασθείς. καὶ σὺ δέ, ἤν τίς σοι χεῖρα μόνην
ἀνθρώπου δείξῃ τὸ ἄλλο σῶμα κατακαλύψας, εἴσῃ,
οἶμαι, αὐτίκα ὅτι ἄνθρωπός ἐστι τὸ κατακεκαλυμμένον,
κἂν μὴ τὸ πᾶν σῶμα ἴδῃς. καὶ τοίνυν τὰ μὲν κεφαλαιώδη
ὧν ἅπαντες λέγουσι, ῥᾴδιον καταμαθεῖν ἐν ὀλίγῳ μορίῳ
ἡμέρας, τὸ δὲ ὑπερακριβὲς τοῦτο καὶ μακρᾶς τῆς ἐξετάσεως
δεόμενον οὐ πάνυ ἀναγκαῖον ἐς τὴν αἵρεσιν τοῦ
βελτίονος, ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι κρῖναι καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων.
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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