παραιτεῖσθαι μὲν οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι δεῖ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν
πολλάκις, ἄλλως τε καὶ οὐ πρὸς ἄνδρας μέλλοντας ἐρεῖν
μᾶλλον ἢ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρῶν καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ τούτων [p. 157]
οὐκ ὀλίγων, οὐδὲ ἧττον παλαιῶν ἢ Πλάτων, ὅτι μὴ καὶ
πρεσβυτέρων ἐκείνου, εἴ τῳ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἄξιον αἰδοῦς εἶναι
δοκεῖ. παρέστη δέ μοι θαυμάσαι πολλάκις ἄλλα τε δὴ τῶν
ἐν Γοργίᾳ καὶ τὴν κατηγορίαν ἣν ἐποιήσατο Μιλτιάδου
καὶ Θεμιστοκλέους καὶ Περικλέους καὶ Κίμωνος, καὶ ταῦτ᾽
ἀφελῶς οὕτως καὶ ἀνειμένως, ὃ μηδ᾽ ἂν εἷς εἰκάσειε πρὶν
διακοῦσαι τοῦ διαλόγου. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα
ἐπηνάγκαζεν, οὐδ᾽ ἔχοι τις ἂν εἰπεῖν. νὴ Δία, ὁ γὰρ
λόγος αὐτῷ διεφθείρετο μὴ τούτους κακῶς εἰπόντι: ἀλλὰ
ἐξῆν καὶ χωρὶς τῆς βλασφημίας ταύτης περαίνειν τὴν ὑπόθεσιν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ τοῦτ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς προὔθετο καὶ
τοῦτ᾽ ἐνεστήσατο ἐξετάσαι τοὺς Ἀθήνησι πολιτευσαμένους,
ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος ἦν ἴσως καὶ περὶ τούτων λέγειν. νῦν
δὲ τί φησὶ καὶ πρὸς τί προσῆγε τὸν λόγον; δύο ταύτας
εἶναι παρασκευὰς περὶ σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν, μίαν μὲν πρὸς
ἡδονὴν ὁμιλεῖν, τὴν ἑτέραν δὲ πρὸς τὸ βέλτιστον: καὶ τὴν
μὲν πρὸς ἡδονὴν ἀγεννῆ καὶ κολακείαν εἶναι, τὴν δὲ
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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