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ἔστι δὴ γνώμη ἀπόφανσις, οὐ μέντοι οὔτε περὶ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον, οἷον ποῖός τις Ἰφικράτης, ἀλλὰ καθόλου, οὔτε περὶ πάντων, οἷον ὅτι τὸ εὐθὺ τῷ καμπύλῳ ἐναντίον, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὅσων αἱ πράξεις εἰσί,
καὶ ἃ αἱρετὰ ἢ φευκτά ἐστι πρὸς τὸ πράττειν, ὥστ᾽ ἐπεὶ τὸ ἐνθύμημα ὁ περὶ τοιούτων συλλογισμός ἐστιν, σχεδὸν τὰ συμπεράσματα τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων καὶ αἱ ἀρχαὶ ἀφαιρεθέντος τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ γνῶμαί εἰσιν, οἷον “χρὴ δ᾽ οὔ ποθ᾽ ὅστις ἀρτίφρων πέφυκ᾽ ἀνήρ
παῖδας περισσῶς ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι σοφούς.
” Eur. Med. 294-295 τοῦτο μὲν οὖν γνώμη: προστεθείσης δὲ τῆς αἰτίας καὶ τοῦ διὰ τί ἐνθύμημά ἐστιν τὸ ἅπαν, οἷον “χωρὶς γὰρ ἄλλης ἧς ἔχουσιν ἀργίας,
φθόνον παρ᾽ ἀστῶν ἀλφάνουσι δυσμενῆ,
” Eur. Med. 296-297
καὶ τὸ “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ,
” Eur. fr. 661 καὶ τὸ “οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδρῶν ὅστις ἔστ᾽ ἐλεύθερος
” Eur. Hec. 864
γνώμη, πρὸς δὲ τῷ ἐχομένῳ ἐνθύμημα, “ἢ χρημάτων γὰρ δοῦλός ἐστιν ἢ τύχης.
” Eur. Hec. 865
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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