Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
Ep. XXIV.
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Λόγοι τὸ κινδυνευόμενον: καὶ σὸς ὁ καιρός, εἴπερ βασιλεὺς σὺ τῶν λόγων. Καὶ πρός γε, σοὶ φίλος πατρόθεν ὁ ἐμὸς Ἀμφιλόχιος: προσθήσω δ' ὅτι καὶ τοιοῦτος, οἷος μήτε γένος πατέρων αἰσχύνειν, μήτε τὴν ἡμετέραν φιλίαν, εἰ μὴ φαῦλος ἐγὼ τῶν τοιούτων κριτής. Καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, ἀνδρὶ μάλιστα κατὰ σὲ φιλοσόφῳ, ὅτι μηδὲν ἀδικῶν ἔχει πράγματα. Ὃ τῷ μέν ἐστι κουφότατον, ἡμῖν δ' αὖ βαρύτατον, εἰ περιορῶντες φαινοίμεθα. Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ὃ μόνον δύναμαι, τοῦτο ποιῶ: δύναμαι δὲ πρεσβεύειν πρὸς τοὺς εὖ ποιεῖν δυναμένους: οὐ γὰρ ἄλλο γ' οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ δυνατὸν οὕτως ἔχοντι ὥσπερ νῦν ἔχω. Σὺ δὲ τὸν τοῦ σοῦ Πλάτωνος βεβαίωσον λόγον, μὴ πρότερον παύσασθαι κακῶν τὰς πόλεις εἰπόντος, πρὶν ἂν συνέλθῃ φιλοσοφίᾳ τὸ δύνασθαι. Ἱκανὸς γὰρ εἶ ἀμφότερα. Δὸς χεῖρα τῷ δεομένῳ καὶ παραινέσας τὰ εἰκότα καὶ βοηθήσας. Ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ τι φιλοσοφήσαις ἄμεινον ἢ νῦν τῷ δικαίῳ συναγωνισάμενος, πρὸς τῷ καὶ ἡμᾶς εὖ ποιεῖν τοὺς σοὺς ἐπαινέτας, εἰ δὲ δίδως εἰπεῖν, καὶ φίλους.