Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 11

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[11] And it is to be expected that acting as we do we should fare as we do; for nothing can turn out well for those who neglect to adopt a sound policy for the conduct of their government as a whole. On the contrary, even if they do succeed in their enterprises now and then, either through chance or through the genius of some man,¹ they soon after find themselves in the same difficulties as before, as anyone may see from what happened in our own history.

Areopagiticus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[11] καὶ ταῦτʼ εἰκότως καὶ ποιοῦμεν καὶ πάσχομεν· οὐδὲν γὰρ οἷόν τε γίγνεσθαι κατὰ τρόπον τοῖς μὴ καλῶς περὶ ὅλης τῆς διοικήσεως βεβουλευμένοις, ἀλλʼ ἐὰν καὶ κατορθώσωσι περί τινας τῶν πράξεων ἢ διὰ τύχην ἢ διʼ ἀνδρὸς ἀρετήν, μικρὸν διαλιπόντες πάλιν εἰς τὰς αὐτὰς ἀπορίας κατέστησαν. καὶ ταῦτα γνοίη τις ἂν ἐκ τῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς γεγενημένων·

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Areopagiticus

1. The reference is to the victorious campaigns of Conon and his son Timotheus. See Isoc. 4.142, 154 ; Isoc. 5.61-64 ; Isoc. 15.107 ff.

Isocrates Areopagiticus 11

George Norlin (Translator)

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