# Κατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν 8

Isocrates, Κατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-24/8

περὶ δὲ τῶν παρόντων μηδὲν τῶν δεόντων μήτʼ εἰπεῖν μήτε συμβουλεῦσαι δυναμένους, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὁμονοοῦντας καὶ πλείω κατορθοῦντας τοὺς ταῖς δόξαις χρωμένους ἢ τοὺς τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἔχειν ἐπαγγελλομένους, εἰκότως οἶμαι καταφρονοῦσι, καὶ νομίζουσιν ἀδολεσχίαν καὶ μικρολογίαν ἀλλʼ οὐ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμέλειαν εἶναι τὰς τοιαύτας διατριβάς.

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Isocrates, Κατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν, 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.tlg008.local001/.