Παραίνεσις
admonition
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Translation
[Meaning] good counsel.1
Admonition differs from counsel: for admonition is admonitory speech that does not admit contradiction; as is the case if someone were to say that it is necessary to honor the divine; for no one opposes this admonition, unless he first went mad. But counsel is deliberative speech that does admit contradiction; as is the case if someone were to say that it is necessary to go to war, for many are the profits from war; but another person might say the opposite, that it is not necessary to go to war, for many are the consequences from war, such as defeat, being taken captive, wounds, destruction of cities.2
Admonition differs from counsel: for admonition is admonitory speech that does not admit contradiction; as is the case if someone were to say that it is necessary to honor the divine; for no one opposes this admonition, unless he first went mad. But counsel is deliberative speech that does admit contradiction; as is the case if someone were to say that it is necessary to go to war, for many are the profits from war; but another person might say the opposite, that it is not necessary to go to war, for many are the consequences from war, such as defeat, being taken captive, wounds, destruction of cities.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραίνεσις· ἡ ἀγαθὴ συμβουλή. Παραίνεσις συμβουλῆς διαφέρει· παραίνεσις μὲν γάρ ἐστι λόγος παραινετικὸς ἀντίρρησιν οὐκ ἐπιδεχόμενος· οἷον ὡς εἴ τις εἴποι, ὅτι δεῖ τὸ θεῖον τιμᾶν· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐναντιοῦται τῇ παραινέσει ταύτῃ, μὴ πρότερον μανείς. συμβουλὴ δέ ἐστι λόγος συμβουλευτικὸς ἀντίρρησιν ἐπιδεχόμενος· οἷον ὡς εἴ τις εἴποι, ὅτι δεῖ πολεμεῖν· πολλὰ γάρ ἐστι τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου κέρδη· ἕτερος δέ τις ἀντείποι, ὡς οὐ δεῖ πολεμεῖν· πολλὰ γάρ ἐστι τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου συμβαίνοντα, οἷον ἧττα, αἰχμαλωσία, πληγαί, πόλεων κατασκαφαί.
Betacode
*parai/nesis: h( a)gaqh\ sumboulh/. *parai/nesis sumboulh=s diafe/rei: parai/nesis me\n ga/r e)sti lo/gos parainetiko\s a)nti/rrhsin ou)k e)pidexo/menos: oi(=on w(s ei)/ tis ei)/poi, o(/ti dei= to\ qei=on tima=n: ou)dei\s ga\r e)nantiou=tai th=| paraine/sei tau/th|, mh\ pro/teron manei/s. sumboulh\ de/ e)sti lo/gos sumbouleutiko\s a)nti/rrhsin e)pidexo/menos: oi(=on w(s ei)/ tis ei)/poi, o(/ti dei= polemei=n: polla\ ga/r e)sti ta\ e)k tou= pole/mou ke/rdh: e(/teros de/ tis a)ntei/poi, w(s ou) dei= polemei=n: polla\ ga/r e)sti ta\ e)k tou= pole/mou sumbai/nonta, oi(=on h(=tta, ai)xmalwsi/a, plhgai/, po/lewn kataskafai/.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. pi 511 for the general view that parainesis and symboule are synonyms. It is challenged, however, in the rest of the entry: see next note. ↩
- 2Material not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as ps.-Libanius, Characteres epistolici 5 (with minor differences). Compare also Syrianus, Commentary on Hermogenes
*peri\ sta/sewn 2.192 (= Waltz, Rhetorici Graeci 4.763); Etymologicum Gudianum 514; ps.-Ammonius 455 s.v.sumboulh/ . ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Sep 2013
- augmented and expanded notes — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton