Letter 715: The law requires of doctors only one public service: the practice of their art.
Libanius→Celsus, governor of Cilicia|c. 382 AD|Libanius
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Τῷ αὐτῶ. (362)
Ὁ νόμος τοὺς ἰατροὺς μίαν ἀπαιτεῖ λειτουργίαν τὴν ἀπὸ
τῆς τέχνης, Φίλων δὲ πρὸς τὸ βουλεύειν ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥωσὸν
οἰκούντων ἕλκεται πάλαι πολλοὺς ἐκ νοσημάτων ἀναστήσας.
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀγνοοῦσιν ὡς ἰατρὸς ὁ Φίλων, μαθόντες παυ-
έσθωσαν· εἰ δὲ εἰδότες βιάζονται, Φίλων μὲν ἴσως ἀσθενής,
ἰσχυρὸς δὲ ὁ νόμος.
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Τῷ αὐτῶ. (362)
Ὁ νόμος τοὺς ἰατροὺς μίαν ἀπαιτεῖ λειτουργίαν τὴν ἀπὸ
τῆς τέχνης, Φίλων δὲ πρὸς τὸ βουλεύειν ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥωσὸν
οἰκούντων ἕλκεται πάλαι πολλοὺς ἐκ νοσημάτων ἀναστήσας.
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀγνοοῦσιν ὡς ἰατρὸς ὁ Φίλων, μαθόντες παυ-
έσθωσαν· εἰ δὲ εἰδότες βιάζονται, Φίλων μὲν ἴσως ἀσθενής,
ἰσχυρὸς δὲ ὁ νόμος.
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