§12.25d.1τῷ δὲ Τιμαίῳ καὶ ἕτερόν τι χωρὶς τῶν προγεγραμμένων συμβέβηκεν·
But in the case of Timaeus another thing has happened besides what has been written above.
ἀποκαθίσας γὰρ Ἀθήνησι σχεδὸν ἔτη πεντήκοντα καὶ πρὸς τοῖς τῶν προγεγονότων ὑπομνήμασι γενόμενος ὑπέλαβε τὰς μεγίστας ἀφορμὰς ἔχειν πρὸς τὴν ἱστορίαν, ἀγνοῶν, ὥς γʼ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ.
For having settled at Athens for nearly fifty years and having devoted himself to the memoirs of his predecessors, he imagined that he possessed the greatest resources for history, being ignorant, at least as it seems to me.
§12.25d.2ἐχούσης γάρ τι παραπλήσιον τῆς ἱστορίας καὶ τῆς ἰατρικῆς διὰ τὸ κατὰ τὰς ὁλοσχερεῖς διαφορὰς ἑκατέραν αὐτῶν ὑπάρχειν τριμερῆ, παραπλησίους εἶναι συμβαίνει καὶ τὰς τῶν ἐπιβαλλομένων ἐπʼ αὐτὰς διαθέσεις·
For since history and medicine have something similar, because each of them is threefold according to its general divisions, it happens that the dispositions of those who apply themselves to them are also similar.
§12.25d.3οἷον εὐθέως τῆς ἰατρικῆς, ἑνὸς μὲν μέρους αὐτῆς ὑπάρχοντος λογικοῦ, τοῦ δʼ ἑξῆς διαιτητικοῦ, τοῦ δὲ τρίτου χειρουργικοῦ καὶ φαρμακευτικοῦ, γένους ὁλοσχερῶς.
For example, straightway in medicine, one part of it being theoretical, the next dietetic, and the third surgical and pharmaceutical, in a general way.
ε μαι τῶι καταψεύδεσθαι τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος
Indeed, it seems to me a mockery of the profession.
§12.25d.4τὸ δὲ λογικόν, ὃ δὴ πλεῖστον ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας ἄρχεται παρὰ τῶν Ἡροφιλείων καὶ Καλλιμαχείων ἐκεῖ προσαγορευομένων, τοῦτο μέρος μέν τι κατέχει τῆς ἰατρικῆς, κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπίφασιν καὶ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοιαύτην ἐφέλκεται φαντασίαν ὥστε δοκεῖν μηδένα τῶν ἄλλων κρατεῖν τοῦ πράγματος·
The theoretical part, which indeed begins mostly from Alexandria under those called there the followers of Herophilus and Callimachus, occupies some part of medicine, but in its display and promise it attracts such an impression as to make it seem that no one of the others possesses the art.
§12.25d.5οὓς ὅταν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀπαγαγὼν ἄρρωστον ἐγχειρίσῃς, τοσοῦτον ἀπέχοντες εὑρίσκονται τῆς χρείας ὅσον [καὶ] οἱ μηδὲν ἀνεγνωκότες ἁπλῶς ἰατρικὸν ὑπόμνημα· οἷς ἤδη τινὲς τῶν ἀρρώστων ἐπιτρέψαντες αὑτοὺς διὰ τὴν ἐν λόγῳ δύναμιν οὐδὲν ἔχοντες δεινὸν τοῖς ὅλοις πολλάκις ἐκινδύνευσαν.
But when you bring them to the truth and hand over a patient to them, they are found to be as far removed from practical utility as those who have never read any medical treatise at all; and already some of the sick, having entrusted themselves to them because of their power of speech, though having nothing dangerous at all, have often run extreme risks.
§12.25d.6εἰσὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς ὅμοιοι τοῖς ἐκ βυβλίου κυβερνῶσιν· ἀλλʼ ὅμως οὗτοι μετὰ φαντασίας ἐπιπορευόμενοι τὰς πόλεις, ἐπειδὰν ἁθροίσωσι τοὺς ὄχλους ἐπʼ ὀνόματος, τοὺς ἐπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων ἀληθινὴν πεῖραν δεδωκότας αὑτῶν εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην ἄγουσιν ἀπορίαν καὶ καταφρόνησιν παρὰ τοῖς ἀκούουσι, τῆς τοῦ λόγου πιθανότητος καταγωνιζομένης πολλάκις τὴν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων δοκιμασίαν.
For they are indeed like those who steer from a book; but yet, going about the cities with great display, when they collect crowds in their name, they reduce those who have given real proof of themselves in the actual work to the greatest helplessness and contempt among their hearers, the persuasiveness of their speech often defeating the test of actual practice.
§12.25d.7τὸ δὲ τρίτον, τὸ τὴν ἀληθινὴν προσφερόμενον ἕξιν ἐν ἑκάστοις τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων, οὐ μόνον ὑπάρχει σπάνιον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλάκις ὑπὸ τῆς στωμυλίας καὶ τόλμης ἐπισκοτεῖται διὰ τὴν τῶν πολλῶν ἀκρισίαν.
But the third part, which brings true skill in each of the professions, is not only rare, but is also often obscured by loquacity and audacity owing to the lack of judgment in the multitude.