# Περὶ εἰρήνης 69

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 69. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/69

ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὐ δίκαιόν ἐστι τοὺς κρείττους τῶν ἡττόνων ἄρχειν, ἐν ἐκείνοις τε τοῖς χρόνοις τυγχάνομεν ἐγνωκότες, καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ τῆς πολιτείας τῆς παρʼ ἡμῖν καθεστηκυίας· ὡς δʼ οὐδʼ ἂν δυνηθείημεν τὴν ἀρχὴν ταύτην καταστήσασθαι, ταχέως οἶμαι δηλώσειν. ἣν γὰρ μετὰ μυρίων ταλάντων οὐχ οἷοί τʼ ἦμεν διαφυλάξαι, πῶς ἂν ταύτην ἐκ τῆς παρούσης ἀπορίας κτήσασθαι δυνηθεῖμεν, ἄλλως τε καὶ χρώμενοι τοῖς ἤθεσιν οὐχ οἷς ἐλάβομεν ἀλλʼ οἷς ἀπωλέσαμεν αὐτήν;

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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/.