“[...]it is fitting to refer to those admired for virtue and those condemned for evil[...]"

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“[...]it is fitting to refer to those admired for virtue and those condemned for evil, so that the eulogy of the good life might be more effective [...] But in addition to all these things it would be necessary to contrive some subtle teaching in relation to each of these two ways of life which will both show what is more excellent and dissuade one from what is inferior by directing the hearing to the former by certain suggestions and bits of advice (ὑποθήκαις τισιν καὶ συμβουλαῖς) [...]” (In ins. Ps. p. 86, TLG 2017.027,28)

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