“In addition to their consequential deeds, the other acts of great men, even those in jest, are worth remembering.”
Ἀλλ᾿ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τῶν καλῶν κἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔργα οὐ μόνον τὰ μετὰ σπουδῆς πραττόμενα ἀξιομνημόνευτα εἶναι ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς
Tag: Xenophon
Xenophon, Memorabilia IV. 2.25
Ps. Xenophon (Old Oligarch) Constitution of the Athenians, 1.9
“The people quickly fall into slavery through the good intentions of their betters”
ἀπὸ τούτων τοίνυν τῶν ἀγαθῶν τάχιστ’ ἂν ὁ δῆμος εἰς δουλείαν καταπέσοι.
This is from the Athenaion Politeia (“Constitution of the Athenians”), which may or may not be by Aristotle but is certainly not by Xenophon.
Ps. Xenophon (Old Oligarch) Constitution of the Athenians, 1.9
“The people quickly fall into slavery from the good intentions of their betters.”
ἀπὸ τούτων τοίνυν τῶν ἀγαθῶν τάχιστ’ ἂν ὁ δῆμος εἰς δουλείαν καταπέσοι.
A little fast and loose again with ἀπὸ τούτων τοίνυν τῶν ἀγαθῶν–but I think the translation gets the sense of the full passage:
ἰσχύει ὁ δῆμος καὶ ἐλεύθερός ἐστιν. εἰ δ’ εὐνομίαν ζητεῖς, πρῶτα μὲν ὄψει τοὺς δεξιωτάτους αὐτοῖς τοὺς νόμους τιθέντας· ἔπειτα κολάσουσιν οἱ χρηστοὶ τοὺς πονηροὺς καὶ βουλεύσουσιν οἱ χρηστοὶ περὶ τῆς πόλεως καὶ οὐκ ἐάσουσι μαινομένους ἀνθρώπους βουλεύειν οὐδὲ λέγειν οὐδὲ ἐκκλησιάζειν. ἀπὸ τούτων τοίνυν τῶν ἀγαθῶν τάχιστ’ ἂν ὁ δῆμος εἰςδουλείαν καταπέσοι.