# Περὶ εἰρήνης 66

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 66. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/66

καὶ μὴ καταγνῶναί μου τοιαύτην μανίαν, ὡς ἄρʼ ἐγὼ προειλόμην ἂν διαλεχθῆναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ πραγμάτων οὕτω παραδόξων, εἰ μή τι λέγειν ἀληθὲς εἶχον περὶ αὐτῶν. νῦν δʼ οἶμαι πᾶσι φανερὸν ποιήσειν ὡς οὔτε δικαίας ἀρχῆς ἐπιθυμοῦμεν οὔτε γενέσθαι δυνατῆς οὔτε συμφερούσης ἡμῖν.

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Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, 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.tlg017.local001/.