Letters of Libanius · c. 342
Libanius → Modestus
Tradução moderna em inglês
To Apolinarius and Gemellus. (361?)
Even now I consider you to be doing nothing other than learning -- and learning the greatest thing among men: how to govern. For this teaches...
Texto latino / grego
Ἀπολιναρίῳ καὶ Γεμέλλῳ. (361?) Οὐδὲ νῦν ὑμᾶς ἄλλο τι νομίζω δρᾶν ἢ παιδεύεσθαι, παιδεύεσθαι δέ, ὅπερ μέγιστον ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ἄρχειν εἰδέναι. παιδεύει δὲ παῖδας πατήρ, ὅπερ ἥδιστον, οὐ λόγους περὶ τοῦ πράγματος λέγων, ἀλλ’ ἐν οἷς ἐργάζεται διδάσκων ἄρχειν. ἐκεῖνά τε οὖν μανθάνετε καὶ ἡμῶν μέμνησθε καὶ Μάγνῳ πληροῦτε τι ἐλπίδας.