# Epistulae 6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/6

(6) πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οἶμαι καθ’ ὃ δύναται ἕκαστος ὠφελεῖν ἐξετάζεσθαι· τὸ δὲ μείζω ἢ ἐλάττω πράττειν οὐκ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ μὲν ἕτερα ἔχει τὴν αἰτίαν, τοῦ δὲ καθάπαξ αὐτός. ἔπειτα οὐ τῶν τοσαύτῃ πόλει συμβουλευσόντων δεῖ μόνον, οὐδὲ τῶν ἡγησομένων κατὰ γῆν ἢ κατὰ θάλατταν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐπιστησόντων τοὺς ἐπὶ τὰ τῇ πόλει συμφέροντα ἰόντας· οὐδὲν γὰρ θαυμαστὸν ὑπὸ μεγέθους τῶν ἐπικειμένων οἷον ἀποκοιμίζεσθαι ἐνίους αὐτῶν, οἷς τοῦ ἐπεγείροντος ὥσπερ μύωπος δεήσει.

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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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