# Epistulae 1-17

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, κδ′. Πλάτωνος.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/1-17

Οὔπω μὲν εἶχον τούτων τι πέμπειν εἰς Συρακούνσας, ὧν ἔφης Ἀρχύταν δεηθῆναι λαβεῖν παρὰ σοῦ, θᾶττον δὲ καὶ οὐ διὰ μακροῦ πέμψομέν σοι. ἐμοὶ δὲ φιλοσοφία οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅ τι ποτὲ χρῆμα γέγονεν, ἆρά γε φλαῦρον ἢ καλόν, ὁπότε ἐγὼ μισῶ νῦν συνεῖναι τοῖς πολλοῖς. οἶμαι μὲν οὖν ὡς δικαίως διάκειμαι, ἀμαθαίνουσι δὲ κατ’ ἰδέαν πᾶσαν ἀφροσύνης οἵ τε ἰδίᾳ τι πονοῦντες καὶ οἱ τὰ κοινὰ πράττοντες. εἰ δὲ ἀλόγως τοῦτο πάσχω, οὕτω γε ἴσθι, ὅτι μόλις ἂν οὕτως ἐγένετό μοι ζῆν, ἄλλως δὲ οὐκ ἔνι μοι ψυχῆς λαμβάνειν.

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Socraticorum 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/tlg0637.tlg001.local001/.