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Archelaus rex Socratem rogavit, ut ad se veniret ;
dixisse Socrates traditur nolle se ad eum venire, a quo
acciperet beneficia, cum reddere illi paria non posset.
Primum in ipsius potestate erat non accipere ; deinde
ipse dare beneficium prior incipiebat, veniebat enim
rogatus et id dabat, quod utique ille non erat Socrati
redditurus. Etiamnunc Archelaus daturus erat aurum et argentum recepturus contemptum auri et
argenti: non poterat referre Archelao Socrates
[p. 304]
gratias ?
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 3. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1935.
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