XL.[1] filokalomn te gr met'
eteleaw ka filosofomen neu malakaw: plot te rgou mllon kair
lgou kmp xrmeya, ka t pnesyai ox mologen tin asxrn,
ll m diafegein rg asxion.
[2] ni te tow atow okevn
ma ka politikn pimleia, ka troiw prw rga tetrammnoiw t
politik m ndew gnnai: mnoi gr tn te mhdn tnde metxonta ok
prgmona, ll' xreon nomzomen, ka o ato toi krnomn ge
nyumomeya ryw t prgmata, o tow lgouw tow rgoiw blbhn
gomenoi, ll m prodidaxynai mllon lg prteron p de
rg lyen.
[3] diaferntvw gr d ka
tde xomen ste tolmn te o ato mlista ka per n pixeirsomen
klogzesyai: tow lloiw maya mn yrsow, logismw d knon frei.
krtistoi d' n tn cuxn dikavw kriyeen o t te dein ka da
safstata gignskontew ka di tata m potrepmenoi k tn kindnvn.
[4] ka t w retn nhntimeya
tow pollow: o gr psxontew e, ll drntew ktmeya tow flouw.
bebaiterow d drsaw tn xrin ste feilomnhn di' enoaw ddvke
szein: d ntofelvn mblterow, edw ok w xrin, ll' w
felhma tn retn podsvn.
[5] ka mnoi o to jumfrontow
mllon logism tw leuyeraw t pist dew tin felomen.
XLI.[1] juneln te lgv tn te
psan plin tw Elldow padeusin enai ka kay' kaston doken n
moi tn atn ndra par' mn p plest' n edh ka met xartvn
mlist' n etraplvw t sma atarkew parxesyai.
[2] ka w o lgvn n t
parnti kmpow tde mllon rgvn stn lyeia, at dnamiw
tw plevw, n p tnde tn trpvn kthsmeya, shmanei.
[3] mnh gr tn nn kow
kressvn w peran rxetai, ka mnh ote t polem pelynti gankthsin
xei f' ovn kakopaye ote t phk katmemcin w ox p' jvn
rxetai.
[4] met meglvn d shmevn
ka o d toi mrturn ge tn dnamin parasxmenoi tow te nn ka
tow peita yaumasyhsmeya, ka odn prosdemenoi ote Omrou paintou
ote stiw pesi mn t atka trcei, tn d' rgvn tn pnoian
lyeia blcei, ll psan mn ylassan ka gn sbatn t metr&
tlm katanagksantew gensyai, pantaxo d mnhmea kakn te kgayn
dia jugkatoiksantew.
[5] per toiathw on plevw
ode te gennavw dikaiontew m faireynai atn maxmenoi telethsan,
ka tn leipomnvn pnta tin ekw ylein pr atw kmnein.
XLII.[1] di' d ka mkuna
t per tw plevw, didaskalan te poiomenow m per sou mn enai
tn gna ka ow tnde mhdn prxei movw, ka tn elogan
ma f' ow nn lgv fanern shmeoiw kayistw.
[2] ka erhtai atw t
mgista: gr tn plin mnhsa, a tnde ka tn toinde reta
ksmhsan, ka ok n pollow tn Ellnvn srropow sper tnde
lgow tn rgvn faneh. doke d moi dhlon ndrw retn prth
te mhnousa ka teleutaa bebaiosa nn tnde katastrof.
[3] ka gr tow tlla
xerosi dkaion tn w tow polmouw pr tw patrdow ndragayan
protyesyai: gay gr kakn fansantew koinw mllon flhsan k
tn dvn blacan.
[4] tnde d ote plotou
tiw tn ti plausin protimsaw malaksyh ote penaw lpdi, w
kn ti diafugn atn ploutseien, naboln to deino poisato:
tn d tn nantvn timvran poyeinotran atn labntew ka kindnvn
ma tnde klliston nomsantew boulyhsan met' ato tow mn
timvresyai, tn d fesyai, lpdi mn t fanw to katorysein
pitrcantew, rg d per to dh rvmnou sfsin atow jiontew
pepoiynai, ka n at t mnesyai ka payen mllon ghsmenoi
[t] ndntew szesyai, t mn asxrn to lgou fugon, t d' rgon
t smati pmeinan ka di' laxstou kairo txhw ma km tw djhw
mllon to douw phllghsan.