Ἀλλ' οὐ θέμις
but not lawful
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] but [it is] not possible. "But [it is] not lawful to tell, except to the students." He is introducing these things1 for ridicule and calumny. For slandering and envying [is] alien to philosophers, whose way is to share in everything without envy.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλλ' οὐ θέμις· ἀλλ' οὐ δυνατόν. ἀλλ' οὐ θέμις πλὴν τοῖς μαθηταῖσι λέγειν. ἐπὶ διασυρμῷ καὶ διαβολῇ ταῦτα παρεισάγει. ἀλλότριον γὰρ τῶν φιλοσόφων τὸ βασκαίνειν καὶ φθονεῖν, οἷς τὸ κοινωνεῖν περὶ πάντων ἀφθόνως.