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εὖ λέγεις: ἄλλως γοῦν ἠρόμην. ἡ τέχνη δέ σοι τίς; ἄξιον γὰρ ἐπίστασθαι τοῦτό γε.
Παρρησιάδης
μισαλαζών εἰμι καὶ μισογόης καὶ μισοψευδὴς
καὶ μισότυφος καὶ μισῶ πᾶν τὸ τοιουτῶδες εἶδος τῶν μιαρῶν ἀνθρώπων πάνυ δὲ πολλοὶ εἰσιν, ὡς
οἶσθα.
Φιλοσοφία
Ἡράκλεις, πολυμισῆ τινα μέτει τὴν τέχνην.
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Παρρησιάδης
εὖ λέγεις: ὁρᾷς γοῦν ὁπόσοις ἀπεχθάνομαι καὶ ὡς κινδυνεύω δι᾽ αὐτήν.
οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐναντίαν αὐτῇ .πάνυ ἀκριβῶς οἶδα, λέγω δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ φιλο τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχουσαν φιλαλήθης τε γὰρ καὶ φιλόκαλος
καὶ φιλαπλοϊκὸς καὶ ὅσα τῷ φιλεῖσθαι συγγενῆ. πλὴν ἀλλ᾽ ὀλίγοι πάνυ ταύτης ἄξιοι τῆς τέχνης,
οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ τῇ ἐναντίᾳ ταττόμενοι καὶ τῷ μίσει οἰκειότεροι πεντακισμύριοι. κινδυνεύω τοιγαροῦν τὴν μὲν ὑπ᾽ ἀργίας ἀπομαθεῖν ἤδη, τὴν δὲ πάνυ
ἠκριβωκέναι.
Φιλοσοφία
καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἐχρῆν τοῦ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ τάδε, φασί, καὶ τάδε: ὥστε μὴ διαίρει τὼ τέχνα: μία γὰρ ἐστὸν δύ᾽ εἶναι δοκούσα.
Παρρησιάδης
ἄμεινον σὺ ταῦτα οἶσθα, ὦ Φιλοσοφία. τὸ
μέντοι ἐμὸν τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, οἷον τοὺς μὲν πονηροὺς μισεῖν, ἐπαινεῖν δὲ τοὺς χρηστοὺς καὶ φιλεῖν.
Φιλοσοφία
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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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