Adversus Lycum (Against Lycus)
Kühn 1829
δ’ αὖ καὶ τὸν φρονοῦντα αὐτῷ τῷ φρονεῖν, καὶ τούτων
τῶν ἡδονῶν ἑκατέρας πῶς ἄν τις ὁμοίας ἀλλήλαις εἶναι
λέγων οὐκ ἂν ἀνόητος φαίνοιτ’ ἂν ἐνδίκως; ὥσπερ δὲ τῶν
ἡδονῶν τὰς διαφορὰς ὁ Πλάτων ἐν μὲν τῇδε τῇ ῥήσει διὰ
βραχέων ἐνεδείξατο, καθ’ ὅλον δὲ τὸ βιβλίον ἐπὶ πλεῖον
διῆλθεν, οὕτως τῶν τεχνῶν ἐν δυοῖν βιβλίοιν, τῷ Σοφιστῇ
τε καὶ Πολιτικῷ. ἆρ’ οὖν ἐπιστημῶν μὲν καὶ ἡδονῶν εἰσι
διαφοραὶ πολλαὶ καὶ χρωμάτων καὶ σχημάτων καὶ τῶν ἐν
ταῖς φωναῖς τόνων, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἡλικιῶν καὶ ὡρῶν καὶ
χωρῶν καὶ νόσων, ἁπάντων τε τῶν ἄλλων, ἐν μόνοις δὲ
τοῖς θερμοῖς ἤτοι γε οὐκ εἰσὶν ὅλως ἢ ἀδύνατος γιγνώσκεσθαι
τοῖς ἀνθρώποις; καὶ μὴν ὅ γε τοῦ Λύκου λόγος
ἀναιρεῖ τοῦ θερμοῦ τὰς διαφορὰς, ὡς οἴεται μὲν αὐτοῦ μόνου,
κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν, εἴ γε ἡ
τοῦ λόγου δύναμις ὁμοίως ἀντεπεκτείνασθαι δύναται. καὶ
γὰρ δὴ κἀπὶ τῶν ὑγρῶν αὐτῶν ἐφεξῆς ἐρῶ τάδε, μηδὲ
ταῦτα διαφέρειν ἀλλήλων λέγων, καθόσον ὑγρά. τὸ δὲ δὴ
μέγιστον αὐτοῦ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων. ὅτι καὶ τὰς τέχνας ἁπάσας
Work
Title: Adversus Lycum
English: Against Lycus
Original: Πρὸς Λύκον
Domains: Medicine
Text information
Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1829
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 18
Number: 1
Pages: 196-245
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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