Chapter 23

On Pursuing Externals to Please Someone

Pursuing externals to please someone will result in the loss of one’s philosophical disposition.

ἔξω: “outward,” “to external things”

στραφῆναι: > στρέφω, aor. pass. infin. functioning as the subject of γένηται

πρὸς τὸ βούλεσθαι: acc. art. infin. in a prep. phrase indicating purpose: “with a view toward desiring to” (G. 574–575; S. 2034b)

ἀρέσαι: > ἀρέσκω, aor. act. infin.

ἴσθι: > οἶδα, 2sg. perf. act. imper. introducing indirect statement with ὅτι (S. 2577)

ἀπώλεσας: > ἀπόλλυμι, 2 sg. aor. act. ind.

ἀρκοῦ: > ἀρκέω, 2sg. pres. mid. imper. + dat.; in this case the dative is the articular infinitive τῷ εἶναι.

καὶ δοκεῖν: “also to appear (to be a philosopher)”

φαίνου: > φαίνω, “seem (to be a philosopher),” 2 sg. pres. mid. imper.