# Epistulae 4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/4

(4) θαυμάζω δὲ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν οἳ παρασκευάζεσθαι μέν φασιν αὑτῶν χάριν, φαίνονται δὲ καὶ αὑτοὺς διὰ τὰ κέρδη ἀποδόμενοι, καὶ παιδείας ὀλιγωροῦντες χρηματισμοῦ ἐπιμελοῦνται. τοιγαροῦν τῆς μὲν κτήσεως θαυμάζονται, τῆς δὲ ἀπαιδευσίας καταγελῶνται, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πάντων μακαρίζονται πλὴν ἑαυτῶν. καίτοι πῶς οὐ δεινὸν ἐπὶ μὲν φίλῳ δοκεῖν εἶναι αἰσχρὸν ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ μηδ’ ἂν βιῶναι βούλεσθαι ἑτέροις ὄντα πρόσθεμα καὶ ἀλλοτρίων παράσιτον ὄντα ἀγαθῶν, ταὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο πρὸς τὰ χρήματα πεπονθότα μὴ αἰδεῖσθαι; ἢ οὐκ ἴσμεν ὅτι καὶ τιμῶνται οὗτοι διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ μεταπεσούσης τῆς τύχης ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ διάγουσι τῇ πάση;

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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.
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