Isocrates, To Alexander, ed. Larue Van Hook, 5

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[5] You act wisely, therefore, in devoting yourself to these studies; for you give hope to your father and to all the world that if, as you grow older, you hold fast to this course, you will as far surpass your fellow-men in wisdom as your father has surpassed all mankind.¹

To Alexander. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 5: To Alexander (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ εʹ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] σωφρονεῖς οὖν νῦν ταῦτα μελετῶν· ἐλπίδας γὰρ τῷ τε πατρὶ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις παρέχεις, ὡς, ἂν πρεσβύτερος γενόμενος ἐμμείνῃς τούτοις, τοσοῦτον προέξεις τῇ φρονήσει τῶν ἄλλων, ὅσον περ ὁ πατήρ σου διενήνοχεν ἁπάντων.

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To Alexander

1. For Isocrates’ views on Education, with numerous references to his writings, see Norlin’s General Introd. (Isocrates, Vol. I, pp. xxiii ff., L.C.L.).

Isocrates To Alexander 5

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