/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16011457]

Laws 661b
Loeb Translation:
>Men say that the chief good is health, beauty the second, wealth the third ; and they call countless other things "goods"—such as sharpness of sight and hearing, and quickness in perceiving all the objects of sense ; being a king, too, and doing exactly as you please ; and to possess the whole of these goods and become on the spot an immortal, that, as they say, is the crown and top of all felicity.
Trevor J. Saunders translation (Penguin and Cooper Complete Works):
>The list goes on indefinitely: keen sight and hearing, and acute perception of all the objects of sensation; being a dictator and doing whatever you like; and the seventh heaven is supposed to be reached when one has achieved all this and is made immortal without further ado.
Thomas L. Pangle's Laws:
>there are said to be ten thousand other goods: sharp sight/hearing, and good percep- 66ib tion of all the objects of the senses; and then, by becoming a tyrant, to do whatever one desires; and finally the perfection of complete blessedness, which is to possess all these things and then to become immortal, as quickly as possible.

>top of all felicity
>the seventh heaven
>finally the perfection of complete blessedness
Does anyone know what the Greek says?

[Anonymous No.16011571]

what's this?
i thought /lit/ could read greek
>πάντα ὅσα ἔχεται τῶν αἰσθήσεων εὐαισθήτως ἔχειν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸ ποιεῖν τυραννοῦντα ὅτι ἂν ἐπιθυμῇ, καὶ τὸ δὴ τέλος ἁπάσης μακαριότητος εἶναι τὸ πάντα ταῦτα κεκτημένον ἀθάνατον εἶναι γενόμενον ὅτι τάχιστα. ὑμεῖς δὲ καὶ ἐγώ που τάδε λέγομεν, ὡς ταῦτά ἐστι σύμπαντα δικαίοις μὲν καὶ ὁσίοις ἀνδράσιν ἄριστα κτήματα, ἀδίκοις δὲ κάκιστα σύμπαντα, ἀρξάμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ὑγιείας: καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸ ὁρᾶν

[Anonymous No.16011596]

>just tried make a post on /int/ but IP is banned