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   *peri\ tw=n e)f' h(mi=n kai\ ou)k e)f' h(mi=n.
   *pw=s a)/n tis sw/|zoi to\ kata\ pro/swpon e)n panti/.
   *pw=s a)/n tis a)po\ tou= to\n qeo\n pate/ra ei)=nai tw=n a)nqrw/pwn e)pi\ ta\ e(ch=s e)pe/lqoi.
   *peri\ prokoph=s.
   *pro\s tou\s *)akadhmaikou/s.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *peri\ th=s xrei/as tw=n metapipto/ntwn kai\ u(poqetikw=n kai\ tw=n o(moi/wn.
   *(/oti ai( duna/meis toi=s a)paideu/tois ou)k a)sfalei=s.
   *pw=s a)po\ tou= suggenei=s h(ma=s ei)=nai tw=| qew=| e)pe/lqoi a)/n tis e)pi\ ta\ e(ch=s.
   *pro\s tou\s peri\ ta\s e)n *(rw/mh| proagwga\s e)spoudako/tas.
   *peri\ filostorgi/as.
   *peri\ eu)aresth/sews.
   *pw=s e(/kasta e)/stin poiei=n a)restw=s qeoi=s.
   *(/oti pa/ntas e)fora=| to\ qei=on.
   *ti/ e)pagge/lletai filosofi/a.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *(/oti a)nagkai=a ta\ logika/.
   *(/oti ou) dei= xalepai/nein toi=s a(martanome/nois.
   *pw=s e)/xein dei= pro\s tou\s tura/nnous.
   *peri\ tou= lo/gou pw=s au(tou= qewrhtiko/s e)stin.
   *pro\s tou\s qauma/zesqai qe/lontas.
   *peri\ tw=n prolh/yewn.
   *pro\s *)epi/kouron.
   *pw=s pro\s ta\s perista/seis a)gwniste/on.
   *pro\s to\ au)to/.
   *ti/s o( biwtiko\s no/mos.
   *posaxw=s ai( fantasi/ai gi/nontai kai\ ti/na pro/xeira pro\s au)ta\s bohqh/mata paraskeuaste/on.
   *(/oti ou) dei= xalepai/nein a)nqrw/pois kai\ ti/na ta\ mikra\ kai\ mega/la e)n a)nqrw/pois.
   *peri\ eu)staqei/as.
   *ti/ dei= pro/xeiron e)/xein e)n tai=s perista/sesin.
   *(/oti ou) ma/xetai to\ qarrei=n tw=| eu)labei=sqai.
   *peri\ a)taraci/as.
   *pro\s tou\s sunista/ntas tina\s toi=s filoso/fois.
   *pro\s to\n e)pi\ moixei/a| pote\ kateilhmme/non.
   *pw=s sunupa/rxei megalofrosu/nh kai\ e)pime/leia.
   *peri\ a)diafori/as.
   *pw=s manteute/on.
   *ti/s ou)si/a tou= a)gaqou=.
   *(/oti ou) duna/menoi th\n a)nqrw/pou e)paggeli/an plhrw=sai th\n filoso/fou proslamba/nomen.
   *pw=s a)po\ tw=n o)noma/twn ta\ kaqh/konta e)/stin eu(ri/skein.
   *ti/s a)rxh\ filosofi/as.
   *peri\ tou= diale/gesqai.
   *peri\ tou= a)gwnia=n.
   *pro\s *na/swna.
   *pro\s tou\s sklhrw=s tisin w(=n e)/krinan e)mme/nontas.
   *(/oti ou) meletw=men xrh=sqai toi=s peri\ a)gaqw=n kai\ kakw=n do/gmasin.
   *pw=s e)farmoste/on ta\s prolh/yeis toi=s e)pi\ me/rous.
   *pw=s a)gwniste/on pro\s ta\s fantasi/as.
   *pro\s tou\s me/xri lo/gou mo/non a)nalamba/nontas ta\ tw=n filoso/fwn.
   *pro\s *)epikourei/ous kai\ *)akadhmaikou/s.
   *peri\ a)nomologi/as.
   *peri\ fili/as.
   *peri\ th=s tou= le/gein duna/mews.
   *pro/s tina tw=n ou)k h)ciwme/nwn u(p'[er] au)tou=.
   *pw=s a)nagkai=a ta\ logika/.
   *ti/ to\ i)/dion tou= a(marth/matos.
   *peri\ kallwpismou=.
   *peri\ ti/na a)skei=sqai dei= to\n proko/yonta kai\ o(/ti tw=n kuriwta/twn a)melou=men.
   *ti/s u(/lh tou= a)gaqou= kai\ pro\s ti/ ma/list' a)skhte/on.
   *pro\s to\n a)ko/smws e)n qea/trw| spouda/santa.
   *pro\s tou\s dia\ no/son <a)>p<al>lattome/nous.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *pro\s to\n diorqwth\n tw=n e)leuqe/rwn po/lewn *)epikou/reion o)/nta.
   *pw=s pro\s ta\s fantasi/as gumnaste/on.
   *pro/s tina r(h/tora a)nio/nta ei)s *(rw/mhn e)pi\ di/kh|.
   *pw=s fe/rein dei= ta\s no/sous.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *peri\ a)skh/sews.
   *ti/ e)rhmi/a kai\ poi=os e)/rhmos.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *(/oti dei= perieskemme/nws e)/rxesqai e)f' e(/kasta.
   *(/oti eu)labw=s dei= sugkaqie/nai ei)s sumperifora/n.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *(/oti ou) dei= pro\s ta\s a)ggeli/as tara/ssesqai.
   *ti/s sta/sis i)diw/tou kai\ filoso/fou.
   *(/oti a)po\ pa/ntwn tw=n e)kto\s e)/stin w)felei=sqai.
   *pro\s tou\s eu)ko/lws e)pi\ to\ sofisteu/ein e)rxome/nous.
   *peri\ *kunismou=.
   *pro\s tou\s a)nagignw/skontas kai\ dialegome/nous e)pideiktikw=s.
   *peri\ tou= mh\ dei=n prospa/sxein toi=s ou)k e)f' h(mi=n.
   *pro\s tou\s a)popi/ptontas w(=n proe/qento.
   *pro\s tou\s th\n a)pori/an dedoiko/tas.
   *peri\ e)leuqeri/as.
   *peri\ sum<peri>fora=s.
   *ti/na ti/nwn a)ntikatallakte/on.
   *pro\s tou\s peri\ to\ e)n h(suxi/a| dia/gein e)spoudako/tas.
   *pro\s tou\s maxi/mous kai\ qhriw/deis.
   *pro\s tou\s e)pi\ tw=| e)leei=sqai o)dunwme/nous.
   *peri\ a)fobi/as.
   *pro\s tou\s taxe/ws e)pi\ to\ sxh=ma tw=n filoso/fwn e)piphdw=ntas.
   *pro\s to\n ei)s a)naisxunti/an metablhqe/nta.
   *ti/nwn dei= katafronei=n kai\ pro\s ti/na diafe/resqai.
   *peri\ kaqario/thtos.
   *peri\ prosoxh=s.
   *pro\s tou\s eu)ko/lws e)kfe/rontas ta\ au(tw=n.

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   *peri\ tw=n e)f' h(mi=n kai\ ou)k e)f' h(mi=n.
   *pw=s a)/n tis sw/|zoi to\ kata\ pro/swpon e)n panti/.
   *pw=s a)/n tis a)po\ tou= to\n qeo\n pate/ra ei)=nai tw=n a)nqrw/pwn e)pi\ ta\ e(ch=s e)pe/lqoi.
   *peri\ prokoph=s.
   *pro\s tou\s *)akadhmaikou/s.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *peri\ th=s xrei/as tw=n metapipto/ntwn kai\ u(poqetikw=n kai\ tw=n o(moi/wn.
   *(/oti ai( duna/meis toi=s a)paideu/tois ou)k a)sfalei=s.
   *pw=s a)po\ tou= suggenei=s h(ma=s ei)=nai tw=| qew=| e)pe/lqoi a)/n tis e)pi\ ta\ e(ch=s.
   *pro\s tou\s peri\ ta\s e)n *(rw/mh| proagwga\s e)spoudako/tas.
   *peri\ filostorgi/as.
   *peri\ eu)aresth/sews.
   *pw=s e(/kasta e)/stin poiei=n a)restw=s qeoi=s.
   *(/oti pa/ntas e)fora=| to\ qei=on.
   *ti/ e)pagge/lletai filosofi/a.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *(/oti a)nagkai=a ta\ logika/.
   *(/oti ou) dei= xalepai/nein toi=s a(martanome/nois.
   *pw=s e)/xein dei= pro\s tou\s tura/nnous.
   *peri\ tou= lo/gou pw=s au(tou= qewrhtiko/s e)stin.
   *pro\s tou\s qauma/zesqai qe/lontas.
   *peri\ tw=n prolh/yewn.
   *pro\s *)epi/kouron.
   *pw=s pro\s ta\s perista/seis a)gwniste/on.
   *pro\s to\ au)to/.
   *ti/s o( biwtiko\s no/mos.
   *posaxw=s ai( fantasi/ai gi/nontai kai\ ti/na pro/xeira pro\s au)ta\s bohqh/mata paraskeuaste/on.
   *(/oti ou) dei= xalepai/nein a)nqrw/pois kai\ ti/na ta\ mikra\ kai\ mega/la e)n a)nqrw/pois.
   *peri\ eu)staqei/as.
   *ti/ dei= pro/xeiron e)/xein e)n tai=s perista/sesin.
   *(/oti ou) ma/xetai to\ qarrei=n tw=| eu)labei=sqai.
   *peri\ a)taraci/as.
   *pro\s tou\s sunista/ntas tina\s toi=s filoso/fois.
   *pro\s to\n e)pi\ moixei/a| pote\ kateilhmme/non.
   *pw=s sunupa/rxei megalofrosu/nh kai\ e)pime/leia.
   *peri\ a)diafori/as.
   *pw=s manteute/on.
   *ti/s ou)si/a tou= a)gaqou=.
   *(/oti ou) duna/menoi th\n a)nqrw/pou e)paggeli/an plhrw=sai th\n filoso/fou proslamba/nomen.
   *pw=s a)po\ tw=n o)noma/twn ta\ kaqh/konta e)/stin eu(ri/skein.
   *ti/s a)rxh\ filosofi/as.
   *peri\ tou= diale/gesqai.
   *peri\ tou= a)gwnia=n.
   *pro\s *na/swna.
   *pro\s tou\s sklhrw=s tisin w(=n e)/krinan e)mme/nontas.
   *(/oti ou) meletw=men xrh=sqai toi=s peri\ a)gaqw=n kai\ kakw=n do/gmasin.
   *pw=s e)farmoste/on ta\s prolh/yeis toi=s e)pi\ me/rous.
   *pw=s a)gwniste/on pro\s ta\s fantasi/as.
   *pro\s tou\s me/xri lo/gou mo/non a)nalamba/nontas ta\ tw=n filoso/fwn.
   *pro\s *)epikourei/ous kai\ *)akadhmaikou/s.
   *peri\ a)nomologi/as.
   *peri\ fili/as.
   *peri\ th=s tou= le/gein duna/mews.
   *pro/s tina tw=n ou)k h)ciwme/nwn u(p'[er] au)tou=.
   *pw=s a)nagkai=a ta\ logika/.
   *ti/ to\ i)/dion tou= a(marth/matos.
   *peri\ kallwpismou=.
   *peri\ ti/na a)skei=sqai dei= to\n proko/yonta kai\ o(/ti tw=n kuriwta/twn a)melou=men.
   *ti/s u(/lh tou= a)gaqou= kai\ pro\s ti/ ma/list' a)skhte/on.
   *pro\s to\n a)ko/smws e)n qea/trw| spouda/santa.
   *pro\s tou\s dia\ no/son <a)>p<al>lattome/nous.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *pro\s to\n diorqwth\n tw=n e)leuqe/rwn po/lewn *)epikou/reion o)/nta.
   *pw=s pro\s ta\s fantasi/as gumnaste/on.
   *pro/s tina r(h/tora a)nio/nta ei)s *(rw/mhn e)pi\ di/kh|.
   *pw=s fe/rein dei= ta\s no/sous.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *peri\ a)skh/sews.
   *ti/ e)rhmi/a kai\ poi=os e)/rhmos.
   *spora/dhn tina/.
   *(/oti dei= perieskemme/nws e)/rxesqai e)f' e(/kasta.
   *(/oti eu)labw=s dei= sugkaqie/nai ei)s sumperifora/n.
   *peri\ pronoi/as.
   *(/oti ou) dei= pro\s ta\s a)ggeli/as tara/ssesqai.
   *ti/s sta/sis i)diw/tou kai\ filoso/fou.
   *(/oti a)po\ pa/ntwn tw=n e)kto\s e)/stin w)felei=sqai.
   *pro\s tou\s eu)ko/lws e)pi\ to\ sofisteu/ein e)rxome/nous.
   *peri\ *kunismou=.
   *pro\s tou\s a)nagignw/skontas kai\ dialegome/nous e)pideiktikw=s.
   *peri\ tou= mh\ dei=n prospa/sxein toi=s ou)k e)f' h(mi=n.
   *pro\s tou\s a)popi/ptontas w(=n proe/qento.
   *pro\s tou\s th\n a)pori/an dedoiko/tas.
   *peri\ e)leuqeri/as.
   *peri\ sum<peri>fora=s.
   *ti/na ti/nwn a)ntikatallakte/on.
   *pro\s tou\s peri\ to\ e)n h(suxi/a| dia/gein e)spoudako/tas.
   *pro\s tou\s maxi/mous kai\ qhriw/deis.
   *pro\s tou\s e)pi\ tw=| e)leei=sqai o)dunwme/nous.
   *peri\ a)fobi/as.
   *pro\s tou\s taxe/ws e)pi\ to\ sxh=ma tw=n filoso/fwn e)piphdw=ntas.
   *pro\s to\n ei)s a)naisxunti/an metablhqe/nta.
   *ti/nwn dei= katafronei=n kai\ pro\s ti/na diafe/resqai.
   *peri\ kaqario/thtos.
   *peri\ prosoxh=s.
   *pro\s tou\s eu)ko/lws e)kfe/rontas ta\ au(tw=n.

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ξη. 20

Ὅτι ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐκτὸς ἔστιν ὠφελεῖσθαι.

[σεξτ. 1]

Ἐπὶ τῶν θεωρητικῶν φαντασιῶν πάντες σχεδὸν τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ κακὸν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀπέλιπον, οὐχὶ δ' ἐν τοῖς ἐκτός. [σεξτ. 2] οὐδεὶς λέγει ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἡμέραν εἶναι, κακὸν τὸ νύκτα εἶναι, μέγιστον δὲ κακῶν τὸ τρία τέσσαρα εἶναι. ἀλλὰ τί; [σεξτ. 3] τὴν μὲν ἐπιστήμην ἀγαθόν, τὴν δ' ἀπάτην κακόν, ὥστε καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ψεῦδος ἀγαθὸν συνίστασθαι, τὴν ἐπιστήμην τοῦ ψεῦδος εἶναι αὐτό. [σεξτ. 4] ἔδει οὖν οὕτως καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ βίου. ὑγεία ἀγαθόν, νόσος δὲ κακόν; οὔ, ἄνθρωπε. ἀλλὰ τί; τὸ καλῶς ὑγιαίνειν ἀγαθόν, τὸ κακῶς κακόν. Ὥστε καὶ ἀπὸ νόσου ἔστιν ὠφεληθῆναι; Τὸν θεόν σοι, ἀπὸ θανάτου γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν; ἀπὸ π[λ]ηρώσεως γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν, [σεξτ. 5] μικρά σοι δοκεῖ ὁ Μενοικεὺς ὠφεληθῆναι, ὅτ' ἀπέθνῃσκεν; Τοιαῦτά τις εἰπὼν ὠφεληθείη [ἢ] οἷα ἐκεῖνος ὠφελήθη. Ἔα, ἄνθρωπε, οὐκ ἐτήρησεν τὸν φιλόπατριν, τὸν μεγαλόφρονα, τὸν πιστόν, τὸν γενναῖον; ἐπιζήσας δὲ οὐκ ἀπώλλυεν ταῦτα πάντα; [σεξτ. 6] οὐ περιεποιεῖτο τὰ ἐναντία; τὸν δειλὸν οὐκ ἀνελάμβανεν, τὸν ἀγεννῆ, τὸν μισόπατριν, τὸν φιλόψυχον; ἄγε δοκεῖ σοι μικρὰ ὠφεληθῆναι ἀποθανών; [σεξτ. 7] οὔ: ἀλλ' ὁ τοῦ Ἀδμήτου πατὴρ μεγάλα ὠφελήθη ζήσας οὕτως ἀγεννῶς καὶ ἀθλίως; [σεξτ. 8] ὕστερον γὰρ οὐκ ἀπέθανεν; παύσασθε, τοὺς θεοὺς ὑμῖν, τὰς ὕλας θαυμάζοντες, παύσασθ' ἑαυτοὺς δούλους ποιοῦντες πρῶτον τῶν πραγμάτων, εἶτα δι' αὐτὰ καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν ταῦτα περιποιεῖν ἢ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι δυναμένων.

Ἔστιν οὖν ἀπὸ τούτων ὠφεληθῆναι; [σεξτ. 9] Ἀπὸ πάντων. Καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λοιδοροῦντος; Τί δ' ὠφελεῖ τὸν ἀθλητὴν ὁ προσγυμναζόμενος; τὰ μέγιστα. καὶ οὗτος ἐμοῦ προγυμναστὴς γίνεται: τὸ ἀνεκτικόν μου γυμνάζει, τὸ ἀόργητον, τὸ πρᾷον. [σεξτ. 10] οὔ: ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν τοῦ τραχήλου καθάπτων καὶ τὴν ὀσφῦν μου καὶ τοὺς ὤμους καταρτίζων ὠφελεῖ με καὶ ὁ ἀλείπτης καλῶς ποιῶν λέγει "ἆρον ὕπερ<ον> ἀμφοτέρα<ι>ς" καὶ ὅσῳ βαρύτερός ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὠφελοῦμαι ἐγώ: εἰ δέ τις πρὸς ἀοργησίαν με γυμνάζει, οὐκ ὠφελεῖ με; [σεξτ. 11] τοῦτ' ἔστι τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι ἀπ' ἀνθρώπων ὠφελεῖσθαι. κακὸς γείτων; αὑτῷ: ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ ἀγαθός: γυμνάζει μου τὸ εὔγνωμον, τὸ ἐπιεικές. [σεξτ. 12] κακὸς πατήρ; αὑτῷ: ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ ἀγαθός. τοῦτ' ἔστι τὸ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ῥαβδίον: "οὗ θέλεις", φησίν, "ἅψαι καὶ χρυσοῦν ἔσται". οὔ: ἀλλ' ὃ θέλεις φέρε κἀγὼ αὐτὸ ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω. φέρε νόσον, φέρε θάνατον, φέρε ἀπορίαν, φέρε λοιδορίαν, δίκην τὴν περὶ τῶν ἐσχάτων: πάντα ταῦτα τῷ ῥαβδίῳ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ὠφέλιμα ἔσται. " [σεξτ. 13] 3τὸν θάνατον τί ποιήσεις;" τί γὰρ ἄλλο ἢ ἵνα σε κοσμήσῃ ἢ ἵνα δείξῃς2[ε] ἔργῳ δι' αὐτοῦ, τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος τῷ βουλήματι τῆς φύσεως παρακολουθῶν; [σεξτ. 14] "τὴν νόσον τί ποιήσεις;" δείξω αὐτῆς τὴν φύσιν, διαπρέψω ἐν αὐτῇ, εὐσταθήσω, εὐροήσω, τὸν ἰατρὸν οὐ κολακεύσω, οὐκ εὔξομαι ἀποθανεῖν. [σεξτ. 15] τί ἔτι ἄλλο ζητεῖς; πᾶν ὃ ἂν δῷς, ἐγὼ αὐτὸ ποιήσω μακάριον, εὐδαιμονικόν, σεμνόν, ζηλωτόν.

Οὔ: ἀλλὰ " [σεξτ. 16] 3βλέπε μὴ νοσήσῃς: κακόν ἐστιν". οἷον εἴ τις ἔλεγεν "βλέπε μὴ λάβῃς ποτὲ φαντασίαν τοῦ τὰ τρία τέσσαρα εἶναι: κακόν ἐστιν". ἄνθρωπε, πῶς κακόν; ἂν ὃ δεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπολάβω, πῶς ἔτι με βλάψει; οὐχὶ δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ ὠφελήσει; [σεξτ. 17] ἂν οὖν περὶ πενίας ὃ δεῖ ὑπολάβω, ἂν περὶ νόσου, ἂν περὶ ἀναρχίας, οὐκ ἀρκεῖ μοι; οὐκ ὠφέλιμα ἔσται; πῶς οὖν ἔτι ἐν τοῖς ἐκτὸς τὰ κακὰ καὶ τἀγαθὰ δεῖ με ζητεῖν; [σεξτ. 18] ἀλλὰ τί; ταῦτα μέχρι ὧδε, εἰς οἶκον δ' οὐδεὶς ἀποφέρει: ἀλλ' εὐθὺς πρὸς τὸ παιδάριον πόλεμος, πρὸς τοὺς γείτονας, πρὸς τοὺς σκώψαντας, πρὸς τοὺς καταγελάσαντας. [σεξτ. 19] καλῶς γένοιτο Λεσβίῳ, ὅτι με καθ' ἡμέραν ἐξελέγχει μηδὲν εἰδότα.