Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 1

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[1] I know that all men are accustomed to be more grateful to those who praise them than to those who give them counsel,¹ especially if one offers his advice unbidden. And if I had not on a former occasion² given you with most kindly intent such counsel as I believed would lead to a course of action worthy of one in your position, perhaps even now I should not be undertaking to declare my view concerning what I has happened to you.

To Philip, I. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 2: To Philip, I (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ βʹ Φιλίππῳ α΄ Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] οἶδα μὲν ὅτι πάντες εἰώθασι πλείω χάριν ἔχειν τοῖς ἐπαινοῦσιν ἢ τοῖς συμβουλεύουσιν, ἄλλως τε κἂν μὴ κελευσθεὶς ἐπιχειρῇ τις τοῦτο ποιεῖν. ἐγὼ δ’ εἰ μὲν μὴ καὶ πρότερον ἐτύγχανόν σοι παρῃνεκὼς μετὰ πολλῆς εὐνοίας, ἐξ ὧν ἐδόκεις μοι τὰ πρέποντα μάλιστ’ ἂν σαυτῷ πράττειν, ἴσως οὐδ’ ἂν νῦν ἐπεχείρουν ἀποφαίνεσθαι περὶ τῶν σοὶ συμβεβηκότων·

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To Philip, I

1. Cf. Isoc. Letter 9.6 .

2. A reference to the orator’s discourse To Philip.

Isocrates To Philip, I 1

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