§10.9.1Μῖμος, πόλεμος, πτοία, νάρκα, δουλεία·
Play-acting, war, flutter, torpor, slavery.
καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀπαλείψεταί σου τὰ ἱερὰ ἐκεῖνα δόγματα, ὁπόσα ἀφυσιολογήτως φαντάζῃ καὶ παραπέμπεις.
Day by day, those sacred doctrines of yours will be wiped out, all those which you represent to yourself unscientifically and let pass.
δεῖ δὲ πᾶν οὕτω βλέπειν καὶ πράσσειν ὥστε καὶ τὸ πρακτικὸν ἅμα συντελεῖσθαι καὶ ἅμα τὸ θεωρητικὸν ἐνεργεῖσθαι καὶ τὸ ἐκ τῆς περὶ ἑκάστων ἐπιστήμης αὔθαδες σῴζεσθαι λανθάνον, οὐχὶ κρυπτόμενον.
But one must so view and do everything that both the practical activity is at the same time accomplished and the theoretical contemplation is energized, and that the self-confidence arising from the knowledge of each thing is preserved in an unobtrusive, yet not a hidden way.
πότε γὰρ ἁπλότητος ἀπολαύσεις;
For when will you enjoy simplicity?
πότε δὲ σεμνότητος;
When gravity?
πότε δὲ τῆς ἐφ’ ἑκάστου γνωρίσεως, τί τε ἐστὶ κατ̓ οὐσίαν καὶ τίνα χώραν ἔχει ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἐπὶ πόσον πέφυκεν ὑφίστασθαι καὶ ἐκ τίνων συγκέκριται καὶ τίσι δύναται ὑπάρχειν καὶ τίνες δύνανται αὐτὸ διδόναι τε καὶ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι;
When the knowledge of each thing, what it is in essence, what place it holds in the universe, how long it is by nature fitted to exist, what it is composed of, to whom it can belong, and who are able to give it and take it away?