# Ἀρεοπαγιτικός 73

Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, Section 73. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-15/73

τὴν αὐτὴν οὖν γνώμην ἔχω καὶ περὶ τῶν κοινῶν· ἡγοῦμαι γὰρ δεῖν ἡμᾶς οὐ μέγα φρονεῖν οὐδʼ ἀγαπᾶν, εἰ κακοδαιμονησάντων καὶ μανέντων ἀνθρώπων νομιμώτεροι γεγόναμεν, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ βαρέως φέρειν, εἰ χείρους τῶν προγόνων τυγχάνοιμεν ὄντες· πρὸς γὰρ τὴν ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν ἀλλʼ οὐ πρὸς τὴν τῶν τριάκοντα πονηρίαν ἁμιλλητέον ἡμῖν ἐστιν, ἄλλως τε καὶ προσῆκον ἡμῖν βελτίστοις ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων εἶναι.

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Isocrates, Ἀρεοπαγιτικός, 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.tlg018.local001/.