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τέχνη ἐστίν, ὡς ἐγὼ διαμνημονεύω σοφοῦ τινος ἀκούσας, σύστημα ἐκ καταλήψεων συγγεγυμνασμένων πρός τι τέλος εὔχρηστον τῷ βίῳ.
Τυχιάδης
ὀρθῶς ἐκεῖνός γε εἰπὼν σύ τε ἀπομνημονεύσας.^
Σίμων
εἰ δὲ μετέχοι τούτων ἁπάντων ἡ παρασιτική,
τί ἂν ἄλλο ἢ καὶ αὐτὴ τέχνη εἴη;
Τυχιάδης
τέχνη γάρ, εἴπερ οὕτως ἔχοι.
Σίμων
φέρε δὴ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τοῖς τῆς τέχνης εἴδεσιν
ἐφαρμόζοντες τὴν παρασιτικήν, εἰ συνᾴδει
σκοπῶμεν ἢ ὁ περὶ αὐτῆς λόγος, καθάπερ αἱ πονηραὶ
χύτραι διακρουόμεναι, σαθρὸν ἀποφθέγγεται δεῖ
τοίνυν πᾶσαν τέχνην σύστημα ἐκ καταλήψεων
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. ' ... πρῶτον ^ μὲν τὸ δοκιμάζειν καὶ διακρίνειν ὅστις ἂν ἐπιτήδειος γένοιτο τρέφειν αὐτόν, καὶ ὅτῳ παρασιτεῖν ἀρξάμενος οὐκ ἂν μεταγνοίη. ἢ τὸν μὲν ἀργυρογνώμονα τέχνην τινὰ φήσομεν ἔχειν, εἴπερ ἐπίσταται διαγιγνώσκειν τά τε κίβδηλα τῶν νομισμάτων καὶ τὰ μή, τοῦτον δὲ ἄνευ τέχνης διακρίνειν τούς τε κιβδήλους τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τοὺς ἀγαθούς, καὶ ταῦτα οὐχ ^
ὥσπερ τῶν νομισμάτων καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φανερῶν εὐθὺς ὄντων; αὐτὰ μέντοι ταῦτα καὶ ὁ σοφὸς Εὐριπίδης καταμέμφεται λέγων: ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι, οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι.
ᾧ δὴ καὶ μείζων ἡ τοῦ παρασίτου τέχνη, ἥ γε
καὶ τὰ οὕτως ἄδηλα καὶ ἀφανῆ μᾶλλον τῆς μαντικῆς γνωρίζει τε καὶ οἶδεν.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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