Letter 475: The apparent good and the genuine good are often different things, Timotheos.
ἢ ἱπιροτὶα. Να οἴη, 4υὶ δυίεγθ αἰϊαι ἃ [οοἶδϑὸ νϑωβ 6δϑί, " οι , γΘΓ ΩΣ , " ἰδωῖα 4φιυΐϊίθω) (οἰ “ πιδηϑυοιπ εἶα οἰ οῦ [Δοῖτ 68ι. Ναι ᾿᾿ , φιοὰ δχἰ βι πδδοὶ θυ, ἢ τ δ [ Οὐἑ . εἰορΓὸ - παπάσγοιιγ, ἰη πη ρη ἀφ 3πὶ σοι γον ἐγ], ΠΠΓῸ δροηία οἱ Ἰδίδηδὲ μοιέβίδιθν ἀεμἶι. Ηἰς δυίόιῃ - ρἰοι απ δέυ π Ἀγ Γλ10., . ΡΙΗ͂'. --- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΩ. Περὶ ἀγνωμοσύνης. Μὴ τὸν δόξαντα σοφόν τι πεποιηκένα’ αἰτιῶ, ἀλλὰ τὸν μηδὲ τῇ τοσαύτῃ ἐπιειχείᾳ σωφρονι- αθέντα. Ὃ μὲν γὰρ νομίσας τὸν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ χα- ταληφθησόμενον, εἰς ἀναισχυντίαν τρέπεσθαι, ἐχὼν δέδωχε τοῦ λαθεῖν ἐξουσίαν. Ὁ δὲ τὸ σορὸν νομίσας ἡλίθιον, τῷ μὴ δόξαι πεφωρᾶαθαει, τὴγ ἀναισχυντίαν ἔθρεψεν, ὕδρεσι τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀμειψάμενος. ἀδργα θηϑιι ΟΧἰβ ἢν , ᾿ππ ρει] ) ) δἰυΐ, οπλ ποι ἀῶ ὕδι8 τἠογίϊλυ οοῃλιπ Γ6- ΟΧΙΧ., --- ΟΡΠΕΠῸ ΟΛΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΟ. ἢ παίμτγα αμὶηιαίἑ μι.
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