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πρὸς τοὺς συνιστάντας τινὰς τοῖς φιλοσόφοις.

καλῶς ὁ Διογένης πρὸς τὸν ἀξιοῦντα γράμματα παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν συστατικὰ ‘ὅτι μὲν ἄνθρωπος,’ φησίν, ‘εἶ, καὶ ἰδὼν γνώσεται: εἰ δ᾽ ἀγαθὸς ἢ κακός, εἰ μὲν ἔμπειρός ἐστι διαγνῶναι τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς καὶ κακούς, γνώσεται, εἰ δ᾽ ἄπειρος, οὐδ᾽ ἂν μυριάκις γράψω αὐτῷ.’ [2] ὅμοιον γὰρ ὥσπερ εἰ δραχμὴ συσταθῆναί τινι ἠξίου, ἵνα δοκιμασθῇ. εἰ ἀργυρογνωμονικός ἐστιν, σὺ σαυτὴν συστήσεις. [3] ἔδει οὖν τοιοῦτόν τι ἔχειν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐν τῷ βίῳ οἷον ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρίου, ἵν᾽ εἰπεῖν δύνωμαι καθάπερ ὁ ἀργυρογνώμων λέγει ‘φέρε ἣν θέλεις δραχμὴν καὶ διαγνώσομαι.’ [4] ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ συλλογισμῶν ‘φέρε ὃν θέλεις καὶ διακρινῶ σοι τὸν ἀναλυτικόν τε καὶ μή.’ διὰ τί; οἶδα γὰρ ἀναλύειν συλλογισμούς: ἔχω τὴν δύναμιν, ἣν ἔχειν δεῖ τὸν ἐπιγνωστικὸν τῶν περὶ συλλογισμοὺς κατορθούντων. [5] ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ βίου τί ποιῶ; νῦν μὲν λέγω ἀγαθόν, νῦν δὲ κακόν. τί τὸ αἴτιον; τὸ ἐναντίον ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν συλλογισμῶν, ἀμαθία καὶ ἀπειρία.


Epicteti Dissertationes ab Arriano digestae. Epictetus. Heinrich Schenkl. editor. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1916.

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