# Epistulae 10

Socrates Epistulae, Epistulae, α′.> Σωκράτους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/10

(10) πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἰδίᾳ προηγόρευσα ἐνίοις τῶν ἀποβησομένων διδάσκοντος τοῦ θεοῦ. σὺ δὲ καὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἔφησας μέρος διδόναι καὶ παρακαλεῖς μὴ ὡς ἀρξόμενον βαδίζειν, ἀλλ’ ὡς τοὐναντίον ἄρξοντα καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καὶ σοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἐγὼ δὲ μεμαθηκέναι ἄρχειν οὔ φημι, μὴ εἰδὼς δὲ οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην μᾶλλον βασιλεύειν ἢ κυβερνᾶν μὴ ἐπιστάμενος. οἶδα δὲ ὅτι, εἰ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἄνθρωποι ὁμοίως διέκειντο, ἥττονα ἂν ἦν κακὰ ἐν τῷ βίῳ. νῦν δ’ ἡ τῶν μὴ ἐπισταμένων τόλμα ἐπιχειροῦσα οἷς μὴ ἴσασιν εἰς τοῦτο ταραχῆς αὐτοὺς προάγει. ὅθεν καὶ τὴν τύχην ἔτι μείζω πεποίηκε, τῇ ἐκείνων ἀνοίᾳ τὴν ταύτης ἐξουσίαν αὐξάνουσα.

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Socrates Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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/tlg0636.tlg001.local001/.