Ἐμποδών
in the way
Translated by David Whitehead14 Mar 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Thucydides in [book] 8 [uses this word] to mean at hand. For he says: "only to examine the causes at hand, but to strive after nothing further with [one's?] intentions."1 Lycurgus in the [speech] Against Lycophron [also uses it], to mean clear.2 Plato [uses it] to mean central.3 Isaeus [uses it] to mean recent and in one's hands; for he says in the restoration of liberty [speech] on behalf of Eumathes "but yesterday, men of Athens; for this is entirely in the way"4. Hierocles, amongst others, used the word to mean impeding: he says in [book] 2 of Philosophical Matters, about philosophers, "for which of them did not even marry and raise children and care for property, if there was nothing impeding it?".5
"Since he who does not know is more trustworthy than he who does know amongst those who do not know, as Plato says,6 Illous, once deceived by meditative babble, judged him more erudite than all the teachers of Constantine.7 Hence he gave him much encouragement from the public funds".8
"Since he who does not know is more trustworthy than he who does know amongst those who do not know, as Plato says,6 Illous, once deceived by meditative babble, judged him more erudite than all the teachers of Constantine.7 Hence he gave him much encouragement from the public funds".8