<w lemma="%2Aou%29">Οὐ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="a%29gnow%3D">ἀγνοῶ</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="tine%5Cs">τινὲς</w> <w lemma="e%29pilh%2Fyontai">ἐπιλήψονται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pragmatei%2Fas">πραγματείας</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskontes">φάσκοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29telh%3D">ἀτελῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dierrimme%2Fnhn">διερριμμένην</w> <w lemma="h%28ma%3Ds">ἡμᾶς</w> <w lemma="pepoih%3Dsqai">πεποιῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29ch%2Fghsin">ἐξήγησιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>,
<w lemma="ei%29%2Fg%27">εἴγ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29piballo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιβαλλόμενοι</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgou">λόγου</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="diecie%2Fnai">διεξιέναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnos">Καρχηδόνος</w> <w lemma="poliorki%2Fan">πολιορκίαν</w>, <w lemma="ka%29%2Fpeita">κἄπειτα</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="a%29polipo%2Fntes">ἀπολιπόντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mesolabh%2Fsantes">μεσολαβήσαντες</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="metabai%2Fnomen">μεταβαίνομεν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellhnika%5Cs">Ἑλληνικὰς</w> <w lemma="ka%29nteu%3Dqen">κἀντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedonika%5Cs">Μακεδονικὰς</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="%2Asuriaka%5Cs">Συριακὰς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2F">ἤ</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Fras">ἑτέρας</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fceis:">πράξεις·</w>
<w lemma="zhtei%3Dn">ζητεῖν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="filomaqou%3Dntas">φιλομαθοῦντας</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sunexe%5Cs">συνεχὲς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="i%28mei%2Frein">ἱμείρειν</w> <w lemma="a%29kou%3Dsai">ἀκοῦσαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="proqe%2Fsews:">προθέσεως·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="yuxagwgi%2Fan">ψυχαγωγίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="w%29fe%2Fleian">ὠφέλειαν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="sunektre%2Fxein">συνεκτρέχειν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="prose%2Fxousin">προσέχουσιν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29moi%5C">ἐμοὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fon">ἐναντίον</w>. <w lemma="ma%2Frtura">μάρτυρα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29pikalesai%2Fmhn">ἐπικαλεσαίμην</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsin">φύσιν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Ftis">ἥτις</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28poi%2Fan">ὁποίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29sqh%2Fsewn">αἰσθήσεων</w> <w lemma="eu%29dokei%3D">εὐδοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pime%2Fnein">ἐπιμένειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sunexe%2Fs">συνεχές</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="metabolh%3Ds">μεταβολῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fa">οἰκεία</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29gkurei%3Dn">ἐγκυρεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="diasth%2Fmatos">διαστήματος</w> <w lemma="bou%2Fletai">βούλεται</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29%2Fh">εἴη</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fmenon">λεγόμενον</w> <w lemma="e%29narge%5Cs">ἐναργὲς</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29koh%3Ds">ἀκοῆς</w>, <w lemma="h%28%2Ftis">ἥτις</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="melw%7Cdi%2Fas">μελῳδίας</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="lektika%5Cs">λεκτικὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28pokri%2Fseis">ὑποκρίσεις</w> <w lemma="eu%29dokei%3D">εὐδοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="au%29tai%3Ds">αὐταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pime%2Fnein">ἐπιμένειν</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fsesin">στάσεσιν</w>,
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="metaboliko%5Cs">μεταβολικὸς</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpos">τρόπος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dierrimme%2Fnon">διερριμμένον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fstas">μεγίστας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxon">ἔχον</w> <w lemma="a%29llaga%5Cs">ἀλλαγὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="puknota%2Ftas">πυκνοτάτας</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="kinei%3D">κινεῖ</w>.
<w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fws">παραπλησίως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="geu%3Dsin">γεῦσιν</w> <w lemma="eu%28%2Froi">εὕροι</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polutelesta%2Ftois">πολυτελεστάτοις</w> <w lemma="brw%2Fmasin">βρώμασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pime%2Fnein">ἐπιμένειν</w> <w lemma="duname%2Fnhn">δυναμένην</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="sikxai%2Fnousan">σικχαίνουσαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xai%2Frousan">χαίρουσαν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="metabolai%3Ds">μεταβολαῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proshneste%2Frws">προσηνεστέρως</w> <w lemma="a%29podexome%2Fnhn">ἀποδεχομένην</w> <w lemma="polla%2Fkis">πολλάκις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="lita%5C">λιτὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29desma%2Ftwn">ἐδεσμάτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="polutelh%3D">πολυτελῆ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="cenismo%2Fn">ξενισμόν</w>. <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5C">αὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frasin">ὅρασιν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fdoi">ἴδοι</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="gino%2Fmenon:">γινόμενον·</w>
<w lemma="h%28%2Fkista">ἥκιστα</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnatai">δύναται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%28%5Cn">ἓν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="a%29teni%2Fzousa">ἀτενίζουσα</w>, <w lemma="kinei%3D">κινεῖ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="poikili%2Fa">ποικιλία</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="metabolh%5C">μεταβολὴ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28rwme%2Fnwn">ὁρωμένων</w>.
<w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="yuxh%5Cn">ψυχὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto%2F">τοῦτό</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fdoi">ἴδοι</w> <w lemma="sumbai%3Dnon:">συμβαῖνον·</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="metalh%2Fyeis">μεταλήψεις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29tenismw%3Dn">ἀτενισμῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pista%2Fsewn">ἐπιστάσεων</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="a%29napau%2Fseis">ἀναπαύσεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29si%5C">εἰσὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="filopo%2Fnois">φιλοπόνοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w>
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<head>Unjust Misfortune Distinguished from Self-Inflicted Loss</head>Accordingly after a short time they obtained assistance, and once more inhabited their country in security. For the compassion of foreigners is no small benefit to those who are unjustly dispossessed; since we often see that, with the change of feeling among the many, Fortune also changes; and even the conquerors themselves repent, and make<pb n="518" />good the disasters of those who have fallen under undeserved misfortunes.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note16">The tyranny of the later kings of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>.</note>Once more, at certain periods the Chalcidians and Corinthians and some other cities, owing to the advantages of their situation, were attacked by the kings of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, and had garrisons imposed on them: but when they were thus enslaved all the world were eager to do their best to liberate them, and loathed their enslavers and regarded them continually as their enemies. But above all, up to this time it was generally single states that were depopulated, and in single states that reverses were met with, in some cases while disputing for supremacy and empire, and in others from the treacherous attacks of despots and kings: so that, so far from their losses bringing them any reproach, they escaped even the name of misfortune.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note17">But the last fall of Greece was embittered by the fact that it came from the folly of the Greeks themselves</note>For we must look on all those who meet with incalculable disasters whether private or public as the victims of losses, and those only to be "unfortunate," to whom events through their own folly bring dishonour. Instances of this last are the Peloponnesians, Boeotians, Phocians, . . . and Locrians, some of the dwellers on the Ionian gulf, and next to these the Macedonians, . . . who all as a rule did not merely suffer loss, but were "unfortunate," with a misfortune of the gravest kind and for which they were themselves open to reproach: for they displayed at once want of good faith and want of courage, brought upon themselves a series of disgraces, lost all that could bring them honour, . . . and voluntarily admitted into their towns the Roman fasces and axes.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note18">rather than of their leaders.</note>They were in the utmost panic, in fact, owing to the extravagance of their own wrongful acts, if one ought to call them their own; for I should rather say that the peoples as such were entirely ignorant, and were beguiled from the path of right: but that the men who<emph>acted</emph>wrongly were the authors of this delusion.
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