Monday, January 04, 2016
Accurate Investigation
Pseudo-Justin Martyr, Cohortatio ad Graecos 1.1 (tr. M. Dods):
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For accurate investigation of matters, putting truth to the question with a more searching scrutiny, often reveals that things which have passed for excellent are of quite another sort.
ἡ γὰρ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀκριβὴς ἐξέτασις καὶ τὰ δόξαντα πολλάκις καλῶς ἔχειν ἀλλοιότερα δείκνυσιν, ἀκριβεστέρᾳ πείρᾳ τἀληθὲς βασανίσασα.