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1、THETEMPLEPLUTARCHRdltedbyW.H.D.ROUSEM_PLUTARCH'SLIVES'_EI_3USHEDBY51RTHOMASNORTHINTENVOLUMESVOI...TENTHELIVESOFTHE,NOBLEGREEKSANDROMANSThemostofthemcomparedtogetherbythatgravelearnedPhilosopherandHistorio-grapherPlutarchofCh_roneaTHELIFEOFARATUSCa_tsx'_sthePhiloso
2、pher(myfriendPolycrates)Aproverbbeingafraidasitseemethoftheevilsoundofancorrectedancientproverb,notrightlyasitwasspoken,andinuse,butashethoughtitbest,hewroteinthismanner:Whatchildrendotheirancestorscommend,Butthosewhomfortunefavourstotheend?ButDionysodorusTrcezeni
3、anreprovinghim,dothrehearsetheproverbrightlyasindeeditis:Whatchildrendotheirancestorscommend,Butthosewhoselifeisvertuoustotheend?Saying,thatthisproverbstoppeththeirmouthswhoofthemselvesareunworthyofpraise,andyetarestillboningofthevertaesoftheirancestors,whoseprais
4、etheyhighlyextol.Butbeforethosethat(asPindarulsaith):Domatchtheirnobleancestorsinprowessoftheirown,Andbytheirfruitscomme_athedstockwhencetheythemsd,resaregrown.xAPLUTARCH'SLIVESThecorn-(Asthyselfthatconformestthylifeuntothemonwealexamplesandmannersofthyvertuousanc
5、estors:)oftheitisnosmallgoodhapforthem,oftentoremem-Sicy.oa-1_n$berthenobledeedsoftheirparentsinhearingthemspokenof,orotherwiseforthemselvesoftentimestoremembersomenotabledoingsoftheirparents.Forinthem,itisnotforlackofcommendablevertues,thattheyreportothers'praise
6、andglory:butinjoiningtheirownvertaes,tothevertuesoftheirancestors,theydoincreasetheirglory,asinheritingtheirvertuouslife,a8challengingtheirdescentbyblood.Therefore,havingwrittenthelifeofAratusthycountryman,andoneofthyan-cestors,whosegloryandgreatnessthoudognotblem
7、ish,Idosendituntothee,notthatIthinkbetthatthouhastmorediligentlythananymanelse,searchedoutallhisdeedsandsayings:butyet,be-causethatthytwosons,Polycrates,andPythocles,reading,andstillheatingsomethingreported,mightbebroughtupathomebytheexampleoftheiran-cestors,whose
8、deedsshallliebeforethemtofollow.Forhelovethhimselfmore,thanheregardethper-fectvertue,orhiscredit:thatthinkethhimselfsoperfect,asheneednotfollowanyother'
