Hippocrates, De prisca medicina, ed. Émile Littré, 4

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4. Εἰ δὲ μὴ τέχνη αὐτὴ νομίζεται εἶναι, οὐκ ἀπεικός· ἧς γὰρ
μηδείς ἐστιν ἰδιώτης, ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐπιστήμονες διὰ τὴν χρῆσίν
τε καὶ ἀνάγκην, οὐ προσήκει ταύτης οὐδένα τεχνίτην καλέεσθαι· ἐπεὶ τό γε εὅρημα καὶ μέγα καὶ πολλῆς τέχνης τε καὶ σκέψιος.
Ἔτι γοῦν καὶ νῦν οἱ τῶν γυμνασίων τε καὶ ἀσκησίων ἐπιμελόμενοι
αἰεί τι προσεξευρίσκουσι, κατὰ τὴν αὐτέην ὁδὸν ζητέοντες ὅ τι
ἔδων τε καὶ πίνων ἐπικρατήσει τε αὐτέων μάλιστα, καὶ ἰσχυρότερος
αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ἔσται.

De prisca medicina. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1839.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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De prisca medicina (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 1. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1839.)

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Περὶ ἀρχαίας ἰατρικῆς Perseus (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).) — 4 focus

[4] εἰ δὲ μὴ τέχνη αὕτη νομίζεται εἶναι, οὐκ ἀπεοικός· ἧς γὰρ μηδείς ἐστιν ἰδιώτης, ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐπιστήμονες διὰ τὴν χρῆσίν τε καὶ ἀνάγκην, οὐ προσήκει ταύτης οὐδένα τεχνίτην καλεῖσθαι· ἐπεὶ τό γε εὕρημα μέγα τε καὶ πολλῆς σκέψιος τε καὶ τέχνης. ἔτι γοῦν καὶ νῦν οἱ τῶν γυμνασίων τε καὶ ἀσκησίων ἐπιμελόμενοι αἰεί τι προσεξευρίσκουσιν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ζητέοντες ὅ τι ἐσθίων τε καὶ πίνων ἐπικρατήσει τε αὐτοῦ μάλιστα 10 καὶ ἰσχυρότερος αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ἔσται.

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On Ancient Medicine Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 4 focus

[4] And if this is not held to be an art, I do not object. For it is not suitable to call any one an artist of that which no one is ignorant of, but which all know from usage and necessity. But still the discovery is a great one, and requiring much art and investigation. Wherefore those who devote themselves to gymnastics and training, are always making some new discovery, by pursuing the same line of inquiry, where, by eating and drinking certain things, they are improved and grow stronger than they were.

Ancient Medicine Perseus (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, translator. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).) — 4 focus

[4] That it is not commonly considered an art is not unnatural, for it is inappropriate to call anyone an artist in a craft in which none are laymen, but all possess knowledge through being compelled to use it. Nevertheless the discovery was a great one, implying much investigation and art. At any rate even at the present day those who study gymnastics and athletic exercises are constantly making some fresh discovery by investigating on the same method what food and what drink are best assimilated and make a man grow stronger.

Hippocrates De prisca medicina 4

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