tychiades

Updated: June 11, 2025

Do tell me: never mind Tychiades; he can be as incredulous as he likes. 'At the feet of the statue a number of pence were laid, and other coins were attached to his thigh by means of wax; some of these were silver, and there were also silver plates, all being the thank-offerings of those whom he had cured of fever.

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'What, Tychiades, says Cleodemus, with a faint grin, you don't believe these remedies are good for anything? 'I should have to be pretty far gone, I replied, 'before I could admit that external things, which have no communication with the internal causes of disease, are going to work by means of incantations and stuff, and effect a cure merely by being hung on.

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Ordinary people, free and slaves alike, have some trade or profession that enables them to benefit themselves and others; you seem to be an exception. Si. I do not quite see what you mean, Tychiades; put it a little clearer. Tyc. I want to know whether you have a profession of any sort; for instance, are you a musician? Si. Certainly not. Tyc. A doctor? Si. No. Tyc. A mathematician? Si. No. Tyc.

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Our treasure proves to be but ashes. 'Now look here, Tychiades, said Arignotus, 'you will not believe me, nor Dinomachus, nor Cleodemus here, nor yet Eucrates: we shall be glad to know who is your great authority on the other side, who is to outweigh us all? 'No less a person, I replied, 'than the sage of Abdera, the wondrous Democritus himself.

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