TJie RJictor'ica of Pliilodemus. 363 



But one who cannot i^uide his own skiff successfully, would II. 294, fr. 



not be able to pilot the triremes of the state. ^^ XXIII. 



(Nothing.) fr. XXIV. 



When they write as if there were need of both we shall make II, 295, fr. 



the proper reply when we think the explanations given by the -^-^V. 

 other worthy of fitting answer. 



(Nothing.) fr. III. 



Constitutions and laws and customs and the like. For it is II. 296, fr. 

 clear that some of them manage their states by means of their • 

 acquaintance with these things. Many are willing to depend on 

 mere sham, as will be evident when we come to that section. . . . 



While they say that the political faculty is not the political fr. V. 

 art unless it is conjoined with philosophy, they do not deny that 

 there is need of philosophy, but you do not disprove that rhetoric 

 involves the political faculty. In another way they will not be 

 at a loss even according to Stoic principles to give a character- 

 istic answer. 



Neither physician nor pilot nor painter is an artist, for they II, 297, fr. 

 have no proper (special) knowledge, nor do they possess the ^ • 

 faculty, because often they do not attain their desires : the 

 pilot does not save but wrecks his ship, the painter does not 

 produce beautiful but ugly pictures. 



Just as a physician can be good, and so can an architect and a fr. VII. 

 pilot, so a statesman can be good. 



(Nothing.) fr. VIII. 



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Just as we speak of inexperience and ignorance in relation u^ 098, 

 to philosophy, so we speak of people as good in relation to ^^- ^^• 

 character. 



If he wishes to consider that statesmanship is not a part of fr. Ill, 

 philosophy, he will be right. We agree with him. 



He says that philosophy does not produce artists. II- ^99, fr- 



As among the Gauls those unable to bear arms became trump- fr.'vi. 

 eters, so those who cannot manage political affairs become 

 sophists, and blow their trumpets in the midst of crowd. 



Pericles is said to have been the disciple of Anaxagoras. fr. VII. 



(Nothing.) fr. VIII, IX. 



•^Cf. II, 291, fr. XVI. 



