# Βίων Πρᾶσις 18

Lucian, Βίων Πρᾶσις, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-70/18

βαβαὶ τῆς φιλοδωρίας. τῆς δὲ σοφίας τί σοι τὸ κεφάλαιον; αἱ ἰδέαι καὶ τὰ τῶν ὄντων παραδείγματα· ὁπόσα γὰρ δὴ ὁρᾷς, τὴν γῆν, τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς, τὸν οὐρανόν, τὴν θάλατταν, ἁπάντων τούτων εἰκόνες ἀφανεῖς ἑστᾶσιν ἔξω τῶν ὅλων. ποῦ δὲ ἑστᾶσιν; οὐδαμοῦ· εἰ γάρ που εἶεν, οὐκ ἂν εἶεν. οὐχ ὁρῶ ταῦθʼ ἅπερ λέγεις τὰ παραδείγματα. εἰκότως· τυφλὸς γὰρ εἶ τῆς ψυχῆς τὸν ὀφθαλμόν. ἐγὼ δὲ πάντων ὁρῶ εἰκόνας καὶ σὲ ἀφανῆ κἀμὲ ἄλλον, καὶ ὅλως διπλᾶ πάντα. τοιγαροῦν ὠνητέος εἶ σοφὸς καὶ ὀξυδερκής τις ὤν. φέρε ἴδω τί καὶ πράξεις με ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ σύ; δὸς δύο τάλαντα. Ὠνησάμην ὅσου φής. τἀργύριον μέντοι εἰς αὖθις καταβαλῶ.

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Lucian, Βίων Πρᾶσις, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. 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.
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