2. For we—but,
perhaps, you would rob and deprive us of common-sense—feel
and perceive that none of these has divine power, or possesses a form
of its own;4083
| 4083
Lit., “is contained in a form of its own kind.” |
but that,
on the contrary, they are the excellence of manhood,
4084
the
safety of
the
safe, the honour of the respected, the
victory of the conqueror,
the harmony of the allied, the
piety of the pious, the recollection of
the observant, the good fortune, indeed, of him who lives happily and
without exciting any
ill-feeling. Now it is easy to perceive
that, in speaking thus, we speak most reasonably when we
observe
4085
| 4085
Lit., “which it is easy to perceive to be said by us with the
greatest truth from,” etc.,—so most edd. reading
nobis; but the ms., according to
Crusius, gives vobis—“you,” as in
Orelli and Oberthür. |
the contrary
qualities opposed
to them, misfortune, discord, forgetfulness,
injustice, impiety, baseness of spirit, and unfortunate
4086
| 4086
Lit., “less auspicious.” |
weakness of
body. For as these things happen accidentally, and
4087
| 4087
The ms., first four edd., and Elmenhorst,
read, quæ—“which;” the rest, as
above, que. |
depend on
human acts
and chance moods, so their contraries, named
4088
| 4088
Lit., “what is opposed to them named,”
nominatum; a correction by Oehler for the ms. nominatur—“is
named.” |
after more
agreeable qualities, must be found in others; and from these,
originating in this wise, have arisen those invented
names.
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