Isocrates, Against the Sophists, George Norlin (Translator), 5

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[5] But what is most ridiculous of all is that they distrust those from whom they are to get this money—they distrust, that is to say, the very men to whom they are about to deliver the science of just dealing—and they require that the fees advanced by their students be entrusted for safe keeping¹ to those who have never been under their instruction, being well advised as to their security, but doing the opposite of what they preach.

Against the Sophists. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Against the Sophists (English) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Κατὰ τῶν σοφιστῶν Perseus (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] ὃ δὲ πάντων καταγελαστότατον, ὅτι παρὰ μὲν ὧν δεῖ λαβεῖν αὐτούς, τούτοις μὲν ἀπιστοῦσιν, οἷς μέλλουσι τὴν δικαιοσύνην παραδώσειν, ὧν δʼ οὐδεπώποτε διδάσκαλοι γεγόνασι, παρὰ τούτοις τὰ παρὰ τῶν μαθητῶν μεσεγγυοῦνται, πρὸς μὲν τὴν ἀσφάλειαν εὖ βουλευόμενοι, τῷ δʼ ἐπαγγέλματι τἀναντία πράττοντες.

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Against the Sophists

1. For their security, they required that the fees charged to their students be deposited with third parties until the end of the discourse.

Isocrates Against the Sophists 5

George Norlin (Translator)

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