# Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις 3.5

Plutarch, Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-33/3.5

οὐ γὰρ, ὡς τοὔλαιον οἱ ἰατροί φασι τοῦ σώματος εἶναι τοῖς μέν ἐκτὸς ὠφελιμώτατον, τοῖς δʼ ἐντὸς βλαβερώτατον, οὕτως ὁ δίκαιος ἑτέροις μέν ἐστι χρήσιμος, αὑτοῦ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἰδίων ἀκηδής, ἀλλʼ ἔοικε ταύτῃ πεπηρῶσθαι τῷ Ἀριστείδῃ τὸ πολιτικόν, εἴπερ, ὡς οἱ πλεῖστοι λέγουσιν, οὐδὲ προῖκα τοῖς θυγατρίοις οὐδὲ ταφὴν αὐτῷ καταλιπέσθαι προὐνόησεν.

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Plutarch, Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις, ed. Bernadotte Perrin. 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/tlg0007.tlg026.local001/.