τοῦ δὲ
λόγουτοῦδ ἐόντος ἀεὶ ἀξύνετοι γίνονται ἄνθρωποι καὶ πρόσθεν ἢ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ἀκούσαντες τὸ πρῶτον·
γινομένων γὰρ πάντων κατὰ τὸν λόγον τόνδε ἀπείροισιν ἐοίκασι πειρώμενοι καὶ ἐπέων καὶ ἔργων τοιούτων ὁκοίων ἐγὼ διηγεῦμαι κατὰ φύσιν διαιρέων ἕκαστον καὶ φράζων ὅκως ἔχει·
τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους λανθάνει ὁκόσα ἐγερθέντες ποιοῦσιν ὅκωσπερ ὁκόσα εὕδοντες ἐπιλανθάνονται
The Wordproves those first hearing it as numb to understanding as the ones who have not heard.
Yet all things follow from The Word.
Some, blundering with what I set before you, try in vain with empty talk to separate the essences of things and say how each thing truly is.
And all the rest make no attempt. They no more see how they behave broad waking than remember clearly what they did asleep.”
ORIGINAL GREEK
τοῦ δὲ λόγου τοῦδ ἐόντος ἀεὶ ἀξύνετοι γίνονται ἄνθρωποι καὶ πρόσθεν ἢ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ἀκούσαντες τὸ πρῶτον·
TRANSLITERATION tou de Logou toude eontos aei axunetoi ginontai anthropoi kai prothen e akousai kai akousantes to proton
ENGLISH TRANSLATION The Word proves those first hearing it as numb to understanding as the ones who have not heard.
γινομένων γὰρ πάντων κατὰ τὸν λόγον τόνδε ἀπείροισιν ἐοίκασι πειρώμενοι καὶ ἐπέων καὶ ἔργων τοιούτων ὁκοίων ἐγὼ διηγεῦμαι κατὰ φύσιν διαιρέων ἕκαστον καὶ φράζων ὅκως ἔχει·
ginomenon gar panton kata ton logon tonde apeiroisin eikasi peiromenoi kai epeon kai ergon toiouton hokoion ego diegeumai kata phusin diaireon hekaston kai phrazon hokos echei
Yet all things follow from The Word. Some, blundering with what I set before you, try in vain with empty talk to separate the essences of things and say how each thing truly is.
τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους λανθάνει ὁκόσα ἐγερθέντες ποιοῦσιν ὅκωσπερ ὁκόσα εὕδοντες ἐπιλανθάνονται
tous de allous anthropous lanthanei hokosa egerthentes poiousin hokosper hokosa heudontes epilanthanontai
And all the rest make no attempt. They no more see how they behave broad waking than remember clearly what they did asleep.
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