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οὐκοῦν ἐπειδήπερ οὕτω διεκείμην, ἄριστον εἶναι ὑπελάμβανον παρὰ τῶν φιλοσόφων τούτων ταῦτα
ἕκαστα ἐκμαθεῖν ᾤμην γὰρ ἐκείνους γε πᾶσαν ἔχειν ἂν εἰπεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. οὕτω δὲ τοὺς ἀρίστους ἐπιλεξάμενος αὐτῶν, ὡς ἐνῆν τεκμήρασθαι
[p. 276] προσώπου τε σκυθρωπότητι καὶ χρόας ὠχρότητι
καὶ γενείου βαθύτητι — μάλα γὰρ ὑψαγόραι τινὲς
καὶ οὐρανογνώμονες οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτίκα μοι
κατεφάνησαν—τούτοις ἐγχειρίσας ἐμαυτὸν καὶ συχνὸν
ἀργύριον τό μὲν αὐτόθεν ἤδη καταβαλών, τὸ δὲ εἰσαῦθις ἀποδώσειν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίῳ τῆς σοφίας διομολογησάμενος, ἠξίουν μετεωρολέσχης τε διδάσκεσθαι καὶ τὴν τῶν ὅλων διακόσμησιν καταμαθεῖν. οἱ δὲ τοσοῦτον ἄρα ἐδέησάν με τῆς παλαιᾶς ἐκείνης ἀγνοίας ἀπαλλάξαι, ὥστε καὶ εἰς μείζους
ἀπορίας φέροντες ἐνέβαλον, ἀρχάς τινας καὶ τέλη
καὶ ἀτόμους καὶ κενὰ καὶ ὕλας καὶ ἰδέας καὶ τὰ
τοιαῦτα ὁσημέραι μου καταχέοντες. ὃ δὲ πάντων
ἐμοὶ γοῦν ἐδόκει χαλεπώτατον, ὅτι μηδὲν ἅτερος
θατέρῳ λέγοντες ἀκόλουθον ἀλλὰ μαχόμενα πάντα
καὶ ὑπεναντία, ὅμως πείθεσθαὶ τέ με ἠξίουν καὶ πρὸς τὸν αὑτοῦ λόγον ἕκαστος ὑπάγειν ἐπειρῶντο.
Ἕταιρος
ἄτοπον λέγεις, εἰ σοφοὶ ὄντες οἱ ἄνδρες ἐστασίαζον πρὸς αὑτοὺς περὶ τῶν λόγων καὶ οὐ τὰ
αὐτὰ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐδόξαζον.
Μένιππος
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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