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‘οὔ,’ φησίν. ἀλλὰ τί ; ‘ θεραπεύειν
προσταττόμενος οὐ θέλεις, καὶ διὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἄξιος ἂν εἴης ἀποκηρύξεως ἀπειθῶν τῷ πατρί.’ ἐγὼ δὲ τὸ μὲν οἷα προστάττοντι αὐτῷ ὑπακούειν οὐ δυνάμενος ἀπειθεῖν δοκῶ πρὸς ὀλίγον ὑπερθήσομαι:
πρότερον δὲ ἁπλῶς ἐκεῖνό φημι, ὡς οὐ πάντα προστάττειν οὔτε τούτῳ δίδωσιν ὁ νόμος οὔτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι πᾶσιν πάντως ἀναγκαῖον. ἐν
δ᾽ οὖν τοῖς τῶν προσταγμάτων τὰ μὲν ἀνεύθυνά ἐστιν, τὰ δ᾽ ὀργῆς καὶ τιμωρίας ἄξια. ἐὰν νοσῇς
αὐτός, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμελῶ ἐὰν τῶν κατ᾽ οἶκον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι κελεύῃς, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγωρῶ ἐὰν τὰ κατ᾽ ἀγρὸν ἐπισκοπεῖν προστάττῃς, ἐγὼ δὲ
ὀκνῶ πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εὐλόγους ἔχει τὰς προφάσεις καὶ τὰς μέμψεις πατρικάς. τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐστιν τοῖς παισίν, ὄντα τῶν τεχνῶν
καὶ τῆς τούτων χρήσεως, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ μηδὲν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὸς ἀδικοῖτο. ἐπεί τοι ἂν τῷ γραφεῖ
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πατὴρ προστάττῃ, ‘ ταῦτα μέν, τέκνον, γράφε,
ταυτὶ δὲ μή], ’ καὶ τῷ μουσικῷ, ‘τήνδε μὲν τὴν
ἁρμονίαν κροῦε, ταύτην δὲ μή,’ καὶ τῷ
χαλκεύοντι, ‘ τοιαῦτα μὲν χάλκευε, τοιαῦτα δὲ μή,’ ἆρ᾽ ἄν τις ἀνάσχοιτο ἀποκηρύττοντα, ὅτι μὴ κατὰ
τὰ ἐκείνῳ δοκοῦντα ὁ παῖς χρῆται τῇ τέχνῃ; οὐδὲ εἷς, οἶμαι.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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