# ἐρωτικὸς 51

Demosthenes, ἐρωτικὸς, Section 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-34/51

ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οὔτʼ αὐτὸς ἄλλως γιγνώσκω, σοί τε παραινῶ φιλοσοφεῖν, μεμνημένῳ τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑπαρξάντων σαυτῷ· τούτου γὰρ ἕνεκα διῆλθον ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ λόγου κἀγὼ περὶ αὐτῶν, οὐχ ὡς ἐκ τοῦ τὴν σὴν φύσιν ἐπαινεῖν ἀνακτήσεσθαί σε προσδοκῶν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα μᾶλλον προτρέψω σε πρὸς τὴν φιλοσοφίαν, ἐὰν μὴ παρὰ μικρὸν ποιήσῃ, μηδʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν ἀγαθοῖς μέγα φρονήσας τῶν μελλόντων ὀλιγωρήσῃς.

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Demosthenes, ἐρωτικὸς, ed. William Rennie. 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/tlg0014.tlg061.local001/.