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Characteres, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1909. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009.local001","excerpt":"ἤδη μὲν καὶ πρότερον πολλάκις ἐπιστήσας τὴν διάνοιαν ἐθαύμασα, ἴσως δὲ οὐδὲ παύσομαι θαυμάζων, τί γὰρ δήποτε, τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀέρα κειμένης καὶ πάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὁμοίως παιδευομένων, συμβέβηκεν ἡμῖν οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν τάξιν τῶν τρόπων ἔχειν. ἐγὼ γάρ, ὦ Πολύκλεις, συνθεωρήσας ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν καὶ βεβιωκὼς ἔτη ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα, ἔτι δὲ ὡμιληκὼς πολλαῖς τε καὶ παντοδαπαῖς φύσεσι καὶ παρατεθεαμένος ἐξ ἀκριβείας πολλῆς τούς τε ἀγαθοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τοὺς φαύλους ὑπέλαβον δεῖν συγγράψαι, ἃ ἑκάτεροι αὐτῶν ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἐν τῷ βίῳ. ἐκθήσω δέ σοι κατὰ γένος, ὅσα τε τυγχάνει γένη τρόπων τούτοις προσκείμενα καὶ ὃν τρόπον τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ χρῶνται· ὑπολαμβάνω γάρ, ὦ Πολύκλεις, τοὺς υἱεῖς ἡμῶν βελτίους ἔσεσθαι, καταλειφθέντων αὐτοῖς ὑπομνημάτων τοιούτων, οἷς παραδείγμασι χρώμενοι αἱρήσονται τοῖς εὐσχημονεστάτοις συνεῖναί τε καὶ ὁμιλεῖν, ὅπως μὴ καταδεέστεροι ὦσιν αὐτῶν.…","divisions":[{"label":"Προοίμιον","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-0"},{"label":"εἰρωνείας Αʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-1"},{"label":"κολακείας Βʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-2"},{"label":"ἀδολεσχίας Γʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-3"},{"label":"ἀγροικίας Δʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-4"},{"label":"Ἀρεσκειάς Εʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-5"},{"label":"Ἀπονοιάς σʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-6"},{"label":"Λαλιάς Ζʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-7"},{"label":"λογοποιίας Ηʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-8"},{"label":"ἀναισχυντίας Θʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-9"},{"label":"μικρολογίας Ιʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-10"},{"label":"βδελυρίας ΙΑʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-11"},{"label":"ἀκαιρίας ΙΒʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-12"},{"label":"περιεργίας ΙΓʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-13"},{"label":"ἀναισθησίας ΙΔʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-14"},{"label":"αὐθαδείας ΙΕʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-15"},{"label":"δεισιδαιμονίας Ισʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-16"},{"label":"μεμψιμοιρίας ΙΖʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-17"},{"label":"ἀπιστίας ΙΗʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-18"},{"label":"Δυσχέρειας ΙΘʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-19"},{"label":"ἀηδίας Κʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-20"},{"label":"Μικροφιλοτιμίας ΚΑʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-21"},{"label":"ἀνελευθερίας ΚΒʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-22"},{"label":"ἀλαζονείας ΚΓʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-23"},{"label":"ὑπερηφανίας ΚΔʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-24"},{"label":"δειλίας ΚΕʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-25"},{"label":"ὀλιγαρχίας Κσʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-26"},{"label":"Ὀψιμαθίας ΚΖʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-27"},{"label":"κακολογίας ΚΗʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-28"},{"label":"Φιλοπονηρίας ΚΘʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-29"},{"label":"Αἰσχροκερδειάς Λʼ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/#tlg0093-tlg009-local001-30"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0093.tlg009.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0093/tlg009/local001.json.gz"}}