Ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους
senseless and foolish
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"Senseless" [a)/frwn ] and "foolish" [a)/nous ] are different. They say that a man who is called wise is foolish, for not wanting to understand what he should do, but they call ignorant someone who is uninitiated in wisdom but nevertheless dwells in wickedness. David said: "together the senseless man and the ignorant man will perish."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους· διαφέρει ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους. ἀνόητόν φασι τὸν καλούμενον σοφὸν, ὡς συνιέναι τὸ δέον οὐκ ἐθελήσαντα, ἀμαθῆ δὲ τὸν τῆς σοφίας ἀμύητον, κακίᾳ δὲ ὅμως συζήσαντα. ὁ Δαβὶδ δὲ ἔφησεν· ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους ἀπολοῦνται.