Isocrates, Against Lochites, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 14

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[14] It would indeed have been best, if only some distinguishing mark were borne by men of base nature,¹ that we might punish them before any fellow-citizen has been injured by them. But since it is impossible to perceive who such men are before a victim has suffered at their hands, at any rate as soon as their character is recognized, it is the duty of all men to hate them and to regard them as enemies of all mankind.

Against Lochites. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Against Lochites (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Κατὰ Λοχίτου Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 14 focus

[14] κράτιστον μὲν γὰρ ἦν, εἴ τι προσῆν ἄλλο σημεῖον τοῖς πονηροῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, πρὶν ἀδικηθῆναί τινα τῶν πολιτῶν, πρότερον κολάζειν αὐτούς· ἐπειδὴ δʼ οὐχ οἷόν τʼ ἐστὶν αἰσθέσθαι πρὶν κακῶς τινὰς παθεῖν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ οὖν γʼ ἐπειδὰν γνωρισθῶσι, προσήκει πᾶσι μισεῖν τοὺς τοιούτους καὶ κοινοὺς ἐχθροὺς νομίζειν.

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Against Lochites

1. So also Eur. Med. 516-519 :

O Zeus, ah wherefore hast thou given to men

Plain signs for gold which is but counterfeit,

But no assay-mark nature-graven shows

On man’s form, to discern the base withal.

(Translation by Way in L.C.L.)

Isocrates Against Lochites 14

Larue Van Hook (Translator)

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