v9 Chapter 40： Speech for Dionia

"That's good!" Ansitalos 'loud admiration did not interrupt Plato's desire to continue to speak: "Dear King Daphs, have you ever criticized my point in the" Ideal Kingdom "and said,' I only have city states in my eyes Citizens, but despise slaves and aliens', this time, whether I was traveling in the south or north of Dionia, what I saw and heard gave me a great shock!

The Romans, Phoenicians, Samonas, and even Walsians who were not citizens of Dionia were struggling to speak Greek (Dionian), although most of them were very blunt. I have also encountered several interracial children asking me questions many times ... these made me realize that even completely ignorant and backward indigenous people can be educated to make them as intelligent and love Greek culture as we are, and those who are The illiterate, but unwilling to change Greek talents really deserve our contempt! ... "

Plato took another sip and raised the volume again and said, "The first time you met the King, I once praised you as the true King of Philosophy, and now I find that this statement is not entirely correct. This time, I was in Rome, Benetum, and Lilichang have all stayed for a while, and carefully observed the governance of the towns under the jurisdiction of the Dionian officials. Although these towns have different circumstances and different environments, one thing is that The same-Dionysian officials there are performing their duties very seriously and responsibly, they are governing the cities and towns under their jurisdiction in accordance with Dionysian law, and according to what I have observed, they are governing Yes, the administrative efficiency is very high ...

I once said, "If you are sick, you need to find a professional doctor. Businessmen know how to find an experienced captain when they want to ship cargo, but how difficult it is to manage a city-state, but it makes them inexperienced and selfish. Self-interested city-state citizens come to participate extensively, how can city-states have good development! But that's exactly what many Greek city-states do!

And as far as I know, senior officials in various towns in Dionia are promoted through step-by-step experience. They have enough experience and wisdom to deal with and solve various problems encountered in towns. This is what you used to do. Tell me the 'choice of talents'. Therefore, the original sentence I said should be changed, "Not only is King Daphs, you are a true philosopher, but many of the officials under you are also philosophers. It is under your governance that Dai Onya will be as powerful as today! "

"Dear Plato scholar." Davis, who has been in the high ranks, has heard too many compliments these years and is accustomed to it. But he was praised by a great man who was called "the father of Western philosophy" in previous lives. Feeling a little proud, he had a pleasant smile on his face, trying to make himself say humblely: "Are you here today to praise Dionia?"

"Since Dionia has done a good job, why praise it?" Plato raised his glass and said loudly, "Come on, let us praise Dionia!"

Davers smiled and raised his glass.

After finishing this cup with others, Plato shook his head, and seemed to shake off the drunkenness. He squeezed his face and said, "Dear King Daves, do you remember Aesop? Crady? "

"Of course I remember." Daphs said puzzledly. "The famous orator and rhetorician in Athens. We invited him to speak at the 1st and 2nd Greek Scholars Conference, but we invited him later. At the time, he refused to come back. I used to think it was because we didn't take good care of her during the previous reception process, so he was dissatisfied. "

"His Majesty, although Isocratic is rigorous and doesn't like much talk, he is not a person who cares about this," explained Lucias, who has lived in Athens for many years and has had a close relationship with Isocratic. "According to what I have learned, he has also built a school in Athens. He has been busy teaching students in recent years, so he may not find time to come to Turui to attend the conference."

"Oh, yes, he also built a school." Dafus looked at Plato with an interesting look, and asked, "Isn't that competing with your school?"

Plato said frankly: "Isocratic and I have different training goals. His school focuses more on teaching students how to create words, make speeches, and how to better conduct public political life ... more practical. And my Akademi is more focused on studying the city-state's polity and exploring how to build a more perfect country ... but it is true that there is a certain competition between our two colleges, and last year I and him A debate. "

"Oh?" Davers looked surprised, but in fact not only did he know the debate, but he also kept a rough record of the debate in his residence.

"This debate is also related to you Dionysian." Plato said seriously: "I think the main reason why Isocratic has not agreed to your invitation to participate in the academic conference in recent years is that he Considers the existence of the Kingdom of Dionia to be a great threat to the Greek mainland-"

"How is this possible?" Lucias was a little surprised, but he was taken over by Ansitanos before he could say: "For this, I can also prove that in the fourteenth year of the kingdom (380 BC ), Our war with Carthage has just begun. At the 99th Olympia Games, Isocrates issued a speech "Greek Contribution to Greece", the main content of which is to call on the Greek cities to stop the war and unite. , Unanimously, to restore the glory gained by the Greek ancestors in the Hippo war, complete their unfinished business, and liberate fellow Greeks from Asia Minor who were enslaved under Persian rule. Any Greek who had peace with Persia and was even tempted by Persia Everyone deserves a curse ...

But later in this speech, he also mentioned ... well, the original text said so ...

'Today we are together in Olympia, thanks to Zeus for his blessing to the Greeks, but we should be able to feel that compared to decades ago, this event has been deserted a lot, not only because of the war, but because of the lack of many city-states. participate. Tarantum, Crotone, Lokeri, Turui, Syracuse, Agrigento ... the Western Mediterranean colonial city-states, the vanity and shallowness of their people at previous events It really makes us despise, but the absence of them at the event makes us feel lonely. They were part of our Greek family, but now they have all become towns under the Kingdom of Dioria.

Is Dionia a Greek country?

Olympia, Pythia, Nimia, and the Isthmus Games never had their presence, and Delphi did not set up a holy treasury for them. It can be seen that the attitude of the priests representing the will of the gods to this western Mediterranean kingdom was not only because of There are too many barbaric citizens in its country, and it is because it has distorted our perception of deities! Dionys believes that Hades is the Lord of the gods and not Zeus. He also allows citizens to believe in the gods of aliens. Can Daionia, who can have such terrible behavior, call it a Greek country! It is certainly impossible for Dionysian citizens under the influence of this wrong conception to become Greeks of the same faith as us!

But why don't we protest against their wrongdoing or even intervene? Because Dionia is very powerful, the powerful strength it gathered through the annexation of many Greek colonial city-states can even force Naples, an independent city-state with relatively strong national strength, to dare not participate in this event, just because of fear of Dionia Will be dissatisfied with it.

As we persecuted each other under the Persian's instigation for our own interests, Theonia, which had annexed our sub-states and colonial cities in the Western Mediterranean, has swelled into a huge kingdom, although it has so far It has not shown any malicious intentions to us, but it is so different from us and so close to us. In case of conflict, the consequences will be serious!

The wise Greeks! To the east of us are the Persians who have never given up trying to enslave us. To the west of our neighbours is a powerful kingdom that makes us unable to speculate on our minds. Our situation is so dangerous that we should not abandon prejudices. , Like the Persian army that faced the invasion decades ago, reunite, defend our homeland, and regain the glory of our ancestors ... '"

"Why didn't I know there was such a lecture ?!" Lucias was very surprised after listening to ~ www.novelhall.com ~.

"Because Thebes and Athens had war with Sparta at that time, neither side dared to offend Persian and us, so as not to cause changes in the war situation, so the popularity of this speech was intentionally banned. This is still an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When it came to Greece, it took a lot of effort to obtain the manuscript. ”Ansitanos explained:“ From this speech, Isocratic sees us as a potential threat to Greece. . "

"Since your victory over Carthage, since last year, Isocratic has considered Dionia to be a real threat to Greek mainland and Athens, and he has not only frequently publicized his views to students, but also on several occasions I gave a speech at the civic conference to remind the public, and since I participated in the Greek Scholars Conference for the first time, I have written many positive articles on the regime of the Kingdom of Dionia, suggesting that the Greek city-states led by Athens can learn from it. There are many Athenian citizens, and even the citizens of Thebes, Corinth and other city-states scrambling to copy and circulate ... "Plato said seriously:" So Isocratic thinks that I am a fan of the Kingdom of Dionysian. Refuting me in front of the public will make it possible for Athenian citizens to come together. "

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