Isocrates, Against the Sophists, George Norlin (Translator), 8

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[8] but are incapable either of saying anything pertinent or of giving any counsel regarding the present, and when he observes that those who follow their judgements are more consistent and more successful¹ than those who profess to have exact knowledge, then he has, I think, good reason to contemn such studies and regard them as stuff and nonsense, and not as a true discipline of the soul.

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

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[8] περὶ δὲ τῶν παρόντων μηδὲν τῶν δεόντων μήτʼ εἰπεῖν μήτε συμβουλεῦσαι δυναμένους, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὁμονοοῦντας καὶ πλείω κατορθοῦντας τοὺς ταῖς δόξαις χρωμένους ἢ τοὺς τὴν ἐπιστήμην ἔχειν ἐπαγγελλομένους, εἰκότως οἶμαι καταφρονοῦσι, καὶ νομίζουσιν ἀδολεσχίαν καὶ μικρολογίαν ἀλλʼ οὐ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμέλειαν εἶναι τὰς τοιαύτας διατριβάς.

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1. See Isoc. 13.2 , note; Isoc. 12.9 ; Isoc. 10.5 .

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