Τοῖς ὀρθῶς
those things correctly
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Note] that Zeno1 makes believing those things correctly known by another a more virtuous form of knowledge than for someone to know himself by himself what is proper -- modifying the saying of Hesiod: "this man [is] altogether best, who believes one who speaks well."2 [He is] saying [this] instead of 'he will know everything for himself'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τοῖς ὀρθῶς· ὅτι τὸ τοῖς ὀρθῶς ὑπ' ἄλλου γνωσθεῖσι πεισθῆναι, μείζονος τῆς ἀρετῆς ὁ Ζήνων ποιεῖται γνώρισμα τοῦ γνῶναί τινα αὐτὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ τὰ δέοντα, τὴν Ἡσιόδου μεθαρμόττων ῥῆσιν· οὗτος μὲν πανάριστος, ὃς εὖ εἰπόντι πίθηται· λέγων, ἀντὶ τοῦ νοήσει πάνθ' ἑαυτῷ.
Betacode
*toi=s o)rqw=s: o(/ti to\ toi=s o)rqw=s u(p' a)/llou gnwsqei=si peisqh=nai, mei/zonos th=s a)reth=s o( *zh/nwn poiei=tai gnw/risma tou= gnw=nai/ tina au)to\n e)c au(tou= ta\ de/onta, th\n *(hsio/dou meqarmo/ttwn r(h=sin: ou(=tos me\n pana/ristos, o(\s eu)= ei)po/nti pi/qhtai: le/gwn, a)nti\ tou= noh/sei pa/nq' e(autw=|.
Notes (2)
- Julian (the emperor), On the death of Sallustius 4.11-15. The present headword phrase, extracted from it, is in the dative plural governed by
peisqh=nai . - 1Of Citium, presumably: zeta 79. ↩
- 2The allusion is to Hesiod, Works and Days 293 & 295: "altogether best is this man who will know everything for himself, [...] but noble also is that man who believes one who speaks well." ↩
Neighbouring entries
τ1134Τοιουτῶδεςof such a kindτ1135Τοῖς Ἱπποκράτους υἱέσιν εἴξειςyou will be like Hippocrates’ sons and they will call you boobyτ1136Τοῖς ὀρθῶςthose things correctlyτ1137Τοῖς πολλοῖς τοὐβόλουto the many of the obolτ1138Τοῖς τεκοῦσι γὰρ οὐδ' εἰ πονεῖ τιςfor never must anyone who suffers for his parents hold a memory of the suffering
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- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth