# Περὶ ἀντιδόσεως 275

Isocrates, Περὶ ἀντιδόσεως, Section 275. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-13/275

οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ αὐτούς γʼ αὑτῶν βελτίους ἂν γίγνεσθαι καὶ πλέονος ἀξίους, εἰ πρός τε τὸ λέγειν εὖ φιλοτίμως διατεθεῖεν, καὶ τοῦ πείθειν δύνασθαι τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἐρασθεῖεν, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις τῆς πλεονεξίας ἐπιθυμήσαιεν, μὴ τῆς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνοήτων νομιζομένης, ἀλλὰ τῆς ὡς ἀληθῶς τὴν δύναμιν ταύτην ἐχούσης.

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Isocrates, Περὶ ἀντιδόσεως, ed. George Norlin. 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/tlg0010.tlg019.local001/.