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πᾶσα δὲ περιβολὴ δύναμιν ἐργάζεται ἐν τῷ λόγῳ, δεῖ δὲ ἡμᾶς ἐπεσκέφθαι καθὸ διαλλάττει τοῦ πολιτικοῦ λόγου ἡ ἐν τῷ ἀφελεῖ λόγῳ γινομένη δύναμις. οὐκοῦν σκόπει: “τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται”. οὔ φημι τοίνυν ἐγὼ λυσιτελεῖν ἐν τῷ ἀφελεῖ τὸ ἀποφαντικὸν τοῦ σχήματος: ἀξίωμα μὲν γὰρ καὶ δύναμιν περιτίθησιν, οὐκέτι δὲ ἁπλοῦν οὐδὲ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπόν ἐστιν, ἵνα οὕτως εἴπῃ τις τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπηρμένον τε καὶ τετυφωμένον: οὐδὲ τὸ ὑποτακτικὸν μόριον: “τὸ γὰρ εὖ”. τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα μόρια ἀναγκάζει τὸν λόγον ἐμπεριλαμβάνοντα τὰ νοήματα στρογγύλον γίνεσθαι καὶ σκληρὸν καὶ κατεσφιγμένον, ὅθεν οὐ χρὴ [p. 533] τὰ μόρια προστιθέναι, ἐπειδὰν δυνάμεώς τι σημεῖον ἐξενεγκεῖν βουλώμεθα, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ ῥηματικῶν ἄρξασθαι ἁπλῶς.
Aristides, Aelius. Rhetores Graeci, Vol 2. ex recognitione Leonardi Spengel. Leonhard von Spengel. Leipzig. Teubner. 1854.
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