Monday, January 22, 2024
Differences
Galen, Quod Animi Mores Corporis Temperamenta Sequantur (The Faculties of the Soul follow the Mixtures of the Body), Kühn, vol. IV, p. 822 (tr. John E.B. Mayor):
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Among the Scythians there arose one philosopher, at Athens many; on the other hand at Abdera there are many fools, but few at Athens.The Scythian philosopher was Anacharsis.
ἐν Σκύθαις μὲν γὰρ εἷς ἀνὴρ ἐγένετο φιλόσοφος, Ἀθήνῃσι δὲ πολλοὶ τοιοῦτοι. πάλιν δ’ ἐν Ἀβδήροις ἀσύνετοι πολλοὶ, τοιοῦτοι δ’ Ἀθήνῃσιν ὀλίγοι.
