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τὸ μὲν δὴ μανθάνειν ὅσα τῇ τοιαύτῃ προαιρέσει πρόσφορα μακρὸν ἦν, μᾶλλον δὲ κομιδῇ ἀδύνατον,
αἱ τέχναι δὲ γλίσχραι, καὶ σὺν πόνῳ καὶ μόγις ἱκανὰ παρέχειν ἐδύναντο. ἐνίοις δὲ καὶ ἡ δουλεία βαρὺ καὶ ὥσπερ οὖν ἐστιν ἀφόρητον ἐφαίνετο. ἔδοξε δὴ σκοπουμένοις τὴν ὑστάτην ἄγκυραν,
ἣν ἱερὰν οἱ ναυτιλλόμενοί φασιν, καθιέναι, καὶ
ἐπὶ τὴν βελτίστην ἀπόνοιαν ὁρμήσαντες, ἔτι τε
καὶ τόλμαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν καὶ ἀναισχυντίαν προσπαρακαλέσαντες, αἵπερ αὐτοῖς μάλιστα συναγωνίζονται, καὶ λοιδορίας καινὰς ^ ἐκμελετήσαντες,
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ὡς πρόχειροι εἶεν καὶ ἀνὰ στόμα, ταύτας μόνας ξυμβολὰς ἔχοντες — ὁρᾷς ὁποῖα πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν
ἐφόδια; — σχηματίζουσιν καὶ μετακοσμοῦσιν
αὑτοὺς εὖ μάλα εἰκότως καὶ πρὸς ἐμέ, οἷόν τι ἀμέλει
ὁ Αἴσωπός φησι ποιῆσαι τὸν ἐν τῇ Κύμῃ ὄνον,
ὃς λεοντῆν περιβαλόμενος καὶ τραχὺ ὀγκώμενος
ἠξίου λέων καὶ αὐτὸς εἶναι: καὶ πού τινες καὶ ἦσαν ἴσως οἱ πιστεύοντες αὐτῷ.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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