Pgina de Filosofia de R. Sartorio 

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Epicur, LLetra a Meneceu

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Epkourow Menoike xarein.

     Mte now tiw n melltv filosofen, mte grvn prxvn kopitv filosofn. ote gr vrow odew stin ote prvrow prw t kat cuxn gianon. d lgvn mpv

to filosofen prxein ran parelhluynai tn ran moiw sti t lgonti prw edaimonan m parenai tn ran mhkti enai. ste filosofhton ka n ka gronti, t mn pvw ghrskvn nez tow gayow di tn xrin tn gegontvn,t d pvw now ma ka palaiw di tn foban tn mellntvn meletn on xr t poionta tn edaimonan, eper paroshw mn atw pnta xomen, poshw d pnta prttomen ew t tathn xein.

     A d soi sunexw parggellon, tata ka prtte ka melta, stoixea to kalw zn tat' enai dialambnvn. Prton  mn tn yen zon fyarton ka makrion nomzvn, w  koin to yeo nhsiw pegrfh, mhyn mte tw fyarsaw  lltrion mte tw makarithtow nokeion at prsapte  pn d t fulttein ato dunmenon tn met fyarsaw  makarithta per atn djaze. yeo mn gr esn nargw  gr atn stin gnsiw oouw d' atow <o> pollo   nomzousin, ok esn o gr fulttousin atow oouw  nomzousin. sebw d ox tow tn polln yeow nairn,  ll' tw tn polln djaw yeow prosptvn. o gr pro- lceiw esn ll' polceiw ceudew a tn polln pr  yen pofseiw. nyen a mgistai blbai~ atiai tow kakow  k yen pgontai ka fleiai. taw gr daiw okeiomenoi  di pantw retaw tow moouw podxontai, pn t m  toioton w lltrion nomzontew.

     Sunyize d n t nomzein mhdn prw mw enai tn  ynaton pe pn gayn ka kakn n asysei strhsiw  d stin asysevw ynatow. yen gnsiw ry to mhyn  enai prw mw tn ynaton polaustn poie t tw zvw  ynhtn, ok peiron prostiyesa xrnon, ll tn tw ya nasaw felomnh pyon. oyn gr stin n t zn deinn  t kateilhfti gnhsvw t mhdn prxein n t m zn  deinn. ste mtaiow lgvn dedinai tn ynaton ox ti  lupsei parn, ll' ti lupe mllvn. gr parn ok  noxle, prosdokmenon kenw lupe. t frikvdstaton on  tn kakn ynatow oyn prw mw, peidper tan mn  mew men, ynatow o prestin, tan d ynatow par,   ty' mew ok smn. ote on prw tow zntw stin ote  prw tow teteleuthktaw, peidper per ow mn ok stin,  o d' okti esn. All' o pollo tn ynaton t mn w  mgiston tn kakn fegousin, t d w npausin tn n  t zn <kakn arontai. d sofw ote paraitetai t  zn> ote fobetai t m zn ote gr at prosstatai  t zn ote dojzei kakn ena ti t m zn. sper d t  siton o t pleon pntvw ll t diston aretai, otv  ka xrnon o tn mkiston ll tn diston karpzetai.  O d paraggllvn tn mn non kalw zn, tn d gronta  kalw katastrfein, eyhw stn o mnon di t tw zvw  spastn, ll ka di t tn atn enai melthn to kalw  zn ka to kalw poynskein. pol d xervn ka lgvn

          kaln mn m fnai,

          fnta d' pvw kista plaw Adao persai.

E mn gr pepoiyw tot fhsin, pw ok prxetai k  to zn n tom gr at tot' stn, eper n bebouleumnon at bebavw e d mvkmenow, mtaiow n tow ok  pidexomnoiw. Mnhmoneuton d w t mllon <ote pntvw  mteron> ote pntvw ox mteron, na mte pntvw prosmnvmen w smenon mte pelpzvmen w pntvw ok smenon.

     Analogiston d w tn piyumin a mn esi fusika,  a d kena, ka tn fusikn a mn nagkaai, a d fusi ka mnon tn d nagkavn a mn prw edaimonan esn  nagkaai, a d prw tn to smatow oxlhsan, a d  prw at t zn. totvn gr planw yevra psan aresin  ka fugn pangein oden p tn to smatow geian ka  tn <tw cuxs> tarajan, pe toto to makarvw zn  sti tlow. totou gr xrin pnta prttomen, pvw mte  lgmen mte tarbmen. tan d paj toto per mw gnh tai, letai pw tw cuxw xeimn, ok xontow to zou  badzein w prw ndon ti ka zhten teron t tw cuxw  ka to smatow gayn sumplhrsetai. tte gr donw  xrean xomen, tan k to m parenai tn donn lgmen  <tan d m lgmen,> okti tw donw demeya.

     Ka di toto tn donn rxn ka tlow lgomen enai  to makarvw zn. tathn gr gayn prton ka suggenikn  gnvmen, ka p tathw katarxmeya pshw arsevw ka  fugw, ka p tathn katantmen w kanni t pyei pn  gayn krnontew. Ka pe prton gayn toto ka sm futon, di toto ka o psan donn aromeya, ll' stin  te pollw donw perbanomen, tan pleon mn t dusxerw  k totvn phtai ka pollw lghdnaw donn krettouw  nomzomen, peidn mezvn mn don parakolouy poln  xrnon pomenasi tw lghdnaw. psa on don di t  fsin xein okean gayn, o psa mntoi aret kayper   ka lghdn psa kakn, o psa d e feukt pefukua.  t mntoi summetrsei ka sumferntvn ka sumfrvn  blcei tata pnta krnein kaykei. xrmeya gr t mn  gay kat tinaw xrnouw w kak, t d kak tompalin  w gay.

Ka tn atrkeian d gayn mga nomzomen, ox na  pntvw tow lgoiw xrmeya, ll' pvw n m xvmen t  poll, tow lgoiw rkmeya, pepeismnoi gnhsvw ti dista  poluteleaw polaousin o kista tathw demenoi, ka ti  t mn fusikn pn epristn sti, t d kenn duspriston,  ti te lito xulo shn polutele diat tn donn pif rousin, tan pan t lgon kat' ndeian jairey, ka mza  ka dvr tn krotthn poddvsin donn, peidn ndvn  tiw at prosengkhtai. t suneyzein on n taw plaw ka  o polutelsi diataiw ka gieaw st sumplhrvtikn ka  prw tw nagkaaw to bou xrseiw oknon poie tn nyrvpon ka tow polutelsin k dialeimmtvn proserxomnoiw  kretton mw diatyhsi ka prw tn txhn fbouw paraskeuzei. Otan on lgvmen donn tlow prxein, o tw  tn stvn donw ka tw n polasei keimnaw lgomen,  w tinew gnoontew ka ox mologontew kakw kdexmenoi nomzousin, ll t mte lgen kat sma mte tarttesyai kat cuxn o gr ptoi ka kmoi sunerontew  od' polaseiw padvn ka gunaikn od' xyvn ka tn  llvn, sa frei polutelw trpeza, tn dn genn bon,  ll nfvn logismw ka tw ataw jereunn pshw ar sevw ka fugw ka tw djaw jelanvn, j n plestow tw  cuxw katalambnei yrubow.

     Totvn d pntvn rx ka t mgiston gayn frnhsiw.

di ka filosofaw timiteron prxei frnhsiw, j w a  loipa psai pefkasin reta, didskousa w ok stin  dvw zn neu to fronmvw ka kalw ka dikavw <od  fronmvw ka kalw ka dikavs> neu to dvw. sumpef kasi gr a reta t zn dvw, ka t zn dvw totvn  stn xriston.

     Epe tna nomzeiw enai krettona to ka per yen sia  dojzontow ka per yantou di pantw fbvw xontow ka  t tw fsevw pilelogismnou tlow, ka t mn tn gayn  praw w stin esumplrvtn te ka epriston dialambnontow, t d tn kakn w xrnouw pnouw xei braxew  tn d p tinvn desptin esagomnhn pntvn ~ ggllon tow * * (<lgei n lloiw gnesyai mn kat' ngkhn>, d  p txhw, d par' mw, di t tn mn ngkhn nupeyunon  enai, tn d txhn staton rn, t d par' mw dspoton,   ka t memptn ka t nanton parakolouyen pfuken)  pe kretton n t per yen my katakolouyen t  tn fusikn emarmn douleein mn gr lpda parait- sevw pogrfei yen di timw, d parathton xei tn  ngkhntn d txhn ote yen w o pollo nomzousin  polambnvnoyn gr tktvw ye prttetaiote  bbaion atan<ok> oetai mn gr gayn kakn  k tathw prw t makarvw zn nyrpoiw ddosyai, rxw  mntoi meglvn gayn kakn p tathw xorhgesyai  kretton enai nomzvn elogstvw tuxen logstvw etuxenbltion gr n taw prjesi t kalw kriyn <m  ryvynai t m kalw kriyn> ryvynai di tathn.

     Tata on ka t totoiw suggen melta prw seautn mraw  ka nuktw prw <te> tn moion seaut, ka odpote oy' par  ot' nar diataraxys, zs d w yew n nyrpoiw. oyn  gr oike ynht z zn nyrvpow n yantoiw gayow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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