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Plutarch

On Stoic Self-Contradictions Section 5

Section 5 of 47

Canonical reference 5

Ancient Greek

Χρύσιππος δὲ πάλιν ἐν τῷ περὶ Ῥητορικῆς γράφων οὕτω ῥητορεύσειν καὶ πολιτεύσεσθαι τὸν σοφόν, ὡς καὶ τοῦ πλούτου ὄντος ἀγαθοῦ καὶ τῆς δόξης καὶ τῆς; ὑγιείας, ὁμολογεῖ τοὺς λόγους αὐτῶν ἀνεξόδους εἶναι καὶ ἀπολιτεύτους καὶ τὰ δόγματα ταῖς χρείαις ἀνάρμοστα καὶ ταῖς πράξεσιν.

English

William W. Goodwin, 1874

Again, Chrysippus, writing in his treatise of Rhetoric, that a wise man will so plead and so act in the management of a commonwealth, as if riches, glory, and health were really good, confesses that his speeches are inextricable and impolitic, and his doctrines unsuitable for the uses and actions of human life.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

De plus, lorsque Chrysippe écrit dans son traité de Rhétorique que le sage plaidera et agira dans la conduite de la cité comme si la richesse, la gloire et la santé étaient réellement des biens, il reconnaît que ses discours sont inextricables et impropres à la vie politique, et que ses doctrines ne conviennent ni aux usages ni aux actions de la vie humaine.

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