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113 And naturally so; for they know well that those who held despotic power before them have been put out of the way, some by their parents,Alexander of Macedon by his mother. some by their sons,Astyages by Cyrus. some by their brothers,Acetas by Perdiccas; Jason of Pherae by Polydorus. and some by their wivesAlexander of Pherae. and, furthermore, that the lineage of these rulers has been blotted out from the sight of men.See Isoc. 5.108, note. Nevertheless they willingly submit themselves to such a multitude of calamities.Cf. the saying of Periander (Hdt. 3.53): τυραννὶς χρῆμα σφαλερόν· πολλοὶ δ′ αὐτῆς ἐρασταί εἰσι. And when men who are of the foremost rank and of the greatest reputation are enamored of so many evils, is it any wonder that the rest of the world covets other evils of the same kind?

114 But I do not fail to realize that while you accept readily what I say about the rule of despots, yet you hear with intolerance what I say about the empire of the sea. For you have fallen into a most shameful and careless way of thinking, since what you see clearly in the case of others, this you are blind to in your own case. And yet it is not the least important sign of whether men are possessed of intelligence if they are seen to recognize the same course of conduct in all cases that are comparable.That is, if they apply the same standard of judgement to all similar cases.

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