Isocrates, To Philip, I, ed. Larue Van Hook, 22

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[22] You may well believe me in what I have said concerning Athens; for you will find that I have not been accustomed to flatter her in my discourses; on the contrary, more than anyone else I have censured her¹; nor am I highly esteemed by the masses or by those who form their opinions offhand, but, like yourself, I am misunderstood and disliked by them. But we are dissimilar in this, that they are thus disposed toward you because of your power and prosperity, but toward me because I lay claim to a wisdom greater than their own, and they see that more people wish to converse with me than with themselves.

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).) — 22 focus

[22] δικαίως δ’ ἄν μοι πιστεύοις οἷς εἴρηκα περὶ τῆς πόλεως· φανήσομαι γὰρ οὔτε κολακεύειν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις εἰθισμένος, ἀλλὰ πλεῖστα πάντων ἐπιτετιμηκώς, οὔτ’ εὖ παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς καὶ τοῖς εἰκῇ δοκιμάζουσι φερόμενος, ἀλλ’ ἀγνοούμενος ὑπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ φθονούμενος ὥσπερ σύ. πλὴν τοσοῦτον διαφέρομεν, ὅτι πρὸς σὲ μὲν διὰ τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν οὕτως ἔχουσι, πρὸς δ’ ἐμέ, διότι προσποιοῦμαι τὸ βέλτιον αὐτῶν φρονεῖν καὶ πλείους ὁρῶσιν ἐμοὶ διαλέγεσθαι βουλομένους ἢ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς.

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To Philip, I

1. For example, in his Isoc. 8.13-14 , and in other sections of that discourse.

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