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δεῖ δὲ ποικίλον εἶναι καὶ τὸν ἀφελῆ λόγον, μάλιστα ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ εἴδει, καὶ ὅπου μὲν σεμνότητα ἐργάσασθαι, ὅπου δὲ καὶ περιβολήν, ὅπου δὲ ἀξίωμα, ὅπου δὲ καὶ ἦθος ἐνδείξασθαι καὶ χάριν, ὅπου δὲ καὶ γέλωτα, εἰ οἷόν τε, ὥσπερ ἔχει κἀνταῦθα, “φίλιππός τε ὁ γελωτοποιὸς κρούσας τὴν θύραν”. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἦθος χάριεν πάνυ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀφελοῦς λόγου: τὸ γὰρ ἀφαιρεῖν τὰς ἐπιβολὰς καὶ αὐτοῖς χρῆσθαι τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν τῶν πραγμάτων τῇ φύσει καὶ μὴ δεδιέναι τὴν σμικρότητα αὐτῶν καὶ ταπεινότητα ἁπλῆς ψυχῆς καὶ γενναίας, ὅθεν καὶ λόγων τέχναι εὑρέθησαν, ἐξ ὧν ἐδυνήθη μέγεθος προσλαβεῖν καὶ τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα ἐν αὑτοῖς φύσει μεγέθη, καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τοιαῦτα εἶναι τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐμφαινόμενα, τὰ δὲ καὶ ψεῦδός τι ἐμφαίνειν, ὥσπερ ἔχει καὶ τοῦτο, “ἀεὶ σὺ ἐπισκώπτεις ἡμᾶς, ὅτι σὺ μὲν Πρωταγόρᾳ πολὺ ἀργύριον δέδωκας ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ”: τοῦτο γὰρ βραχεῖαν μὲν ἐμφαίνει χάριτα, ἅμα δὲ καὶ κακοήθειαν ἔχει τινά.
Aristides, Aelius. Rhetores Graeci, Vol 2. ex recognitione Leonardi Spengel. Leonhard von Spengel. Leipzig. Teubner. 1854.
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