# Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου 1.1-21

Aelius Aristides, Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου, περὶ ἀφελοῦς λόγου., περὶ ἀρχῆς., Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-aristides/text/1.1-21

φέρε δὴ καὶ περὶ ἀρχῆς λόγου καταμάθωμεν, ὃν τρόπον εἴωθε Ξενοφῶν ποιεῖν τὰς ἀρχάς, δεῖ δὲ ἐπὶ πάντων ὁμοίως τῶν λόγων προδιοικεῖσθαι τί χρήσιμον περὶ τὰ πράγματα, καὶ ἢ τὰ ἀντιπίπτοντα λύειν, ἢ συνιστάναι αὐτὰ ἑαυτῷ. ταύτῃ μὲν οὖν ὁμοίως ἔχει τοῖς πολιτικοῖς, τὰ δὲ ἰδιώματα λείπεται τοῖς ἀφελέσι κατὰ τὴν μεταχείρισιν καὶ τὴν ἀπαγγελίαν.

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Aelius Aristides, Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου, ed. Leonhard von Spengel. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0284.tlg056.local001/.