Isocrates, Panathenaicus, ed. George Norlin, 244

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[244] οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ λοιδορεῖσθαι καὶ καταρᾶσθαι τοῖς τὰς τηλικαύτας ἔχουσι δυναστείας· οὐδένα δὲ τοιοῦτον εἶναι τὴν φύσιν ὅστις οὐκ ἂν εὔξαιτο τοῖς θεοῖς μάλιστα μὲν αὐτὸς τυχεῖν τῆς ἐξουσίας ταύτης, εἰ δὲ μή, τοὺς οἰκειοτάτους· ᾧ καὶ φανερόν ἐστιν ὅτι μέγιστον τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἅπαντες εἶναι νομίζομεν τὸ πλέον ἔχειν τῶν ἄλλων.
τὴν μὲν οὖν περιβολὴν τοῦ λόγου δοκεῖς μοι ποιήσασθαι μετὰ τοιαύτης διανοίας.

Panathenaicus. Isocrates. ed. George Norlin. Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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Παναθηναικός (Greek) (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).)

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Panathenaicus Perseus (IIsocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 244 focus

[244] It is true that those who hold such power are the objects of abuse and execration but no man is so constituted by nature that he would not pray to the gods to be granted this power, preferably for himself, but, failing that, for those nearest and dearest to him. And this fact makes it manifest that all men regard it as the greatest good in the world to have the advantage over others. “It was, then, with such thoughts, as it seems to me, that you planned the general scope of your discourse.

Isocrates Panathenaicus 244

ed. George Norlin

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