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XXX. EUBULIDES

1. Philod. rhet. I p. 84, 31 sq.: 廔 帤廔 帤廔 弮廔 [庥帢宎] 廒[庣峸弮庢彖 庰帢巹[彖庰庛帢巹] [庣彖帢] 彃僇 彃用煙怷庣庥彃僇 弇帠彖 [廒弇弇宎 廒弮庰庣巹]彄 庥帢廔 怷帢弮彃 [彃剿] 帤庰彃 峎弇庣彖 弇帢帣庰彃彖; 怷[廔 帠]廔區 帢廔 帠庰 怷彃羊怷 帤[峸怷 彖怷]庰彃彖 帤庰彃 庢弮帢巹彖庰庛帢庣 庥帢廔 廔棒 弇峟徆庣彖 帢庢彖, 廔 弮廔 弇弇怷帠庣弮怷廔磁 帤庣帢弇庰庥庣庥怷廔磁 廒庰庣彖 帢廔怷. 怷廔 帠廔區 庣彖廔紮 怷彃吆怷 庰]彖庛帢庣彖 廒弇[弇]廔 [峎彖]庰, 廔剿 怷彃 廒[帢庣帤庰]彃 彖帢峟庥庰庣彖 怷彃羊怷 弇巹帢彖. [廔]帣怷弇巹帤彃 帠怷彃缶 廒帠庥帢弇[庰彃 ]怷 庥帢帢怷彖怷彃缶稼庣] 彃僇 [弮]廔 弇弇怷帠庣弮怷廔暨] 廒彖彖 弇帠彖繚 [弮]帢彖庛峎[彖]庰庣彖 帠廔豺] {怷彖} 庥帢廔 廒彖庰 怷[]彖 廒﹡澄噤 廔 峎帠弮帢峎 [庢庣]彖.

1 -帣怷弇庣帤庣

Eubulidem dialecticum, Demosthenis, ut aiunt, magistrum (sic etiam Philod. II 206, 9), Aristotelis detrectatorem (Natorp, RE VI 870), de oratoris opere praecepta edidisse ex Philodemi verbis apparet. Diog. Laert. II 10 (4), 108: 彃 帤宎 E廔庥弇庰巹帤怷 帤庣帢帤怷彃 廒庣 庥帢廔 廔庛怷弇巹帤庢 廔 庣弇峸庣怷, 廔 庥帢廔 怷弇弇怷廔磁 廒彖 帤庣帢弇庰庥庣庥彃 弇帠怷 廒庢庰, 彖 庰 庰帤弮庰彖怷彖 庥帢廔 廔裕 帤庣帢弇帢彖庛峎彖怷彖帢 庥帢廔 廒佳銜倀磁帢彖 庥帢廔 廒帠庥庰庥帢弇弮弮峟彖怷彖 庥帢廔 巹庢彖 庥帢廔 庥庰帢巹彖庢彖 庥帢廔 帢弇帢庥彖. 庰廔 怷怷 庢巹 庣 彃僇 庥弮庣庥彃僇 (Mein. IV 618, 51)繚

怷廔庣庣庥廔裒 帤宎 E廔帣怷弇巹帤庢 庥庰帢巹彖帢 廒彃僇

庥帢廔 庰帤帢弇峎庤怷庣彖 弇帠怷庣 怷廔磁 彃用晅怷帢 庥弇巹彖

廒彃弇庛宎 廒彖 庢弮怷庛峟彖怷 廔棒 彃甩怷弮弇峸庛帢彖.

廒彃棒睡舒 帠廔區 帢廔怷彃 庥帢廔 庢弮怷庛峟彖庢 廒庥庢庥怷峟彖帢庣 庥帢廔 彃甩庣庥庰怷 廔卅 帢帢庛帢庣. 廔 帤廔 E廔帣怷弇巹帤庢 庥帢廔 廔裒 廒庣怷峟弇庢彖 帤庣庰峟庰怷 庥帢廔 怷弇弇廔 帢廔廔裕 帤庣帢帣峟帣弇庢庥庰 (cf. Euseb. Praep. ev. 15, 2. Athen. 354 c. Themist. XXIII p. 285 c).

 

XXX. Eubulides

1. Philodemus, On Rhetoric: How are we to interpret the claim that some rhetorical speeches are completed not through knowledge but by experience and intuition? We should not, at any rate, think that this way of putting it signifies the lack of dialectical syllogisms, since the latter is common to all speeches, not just a few, independently of the fact that this situation is especially liked by the uneducated. So he berates Eubulides for despising discourse that lacks syllogisms, for, he says, we understand matters just as well without them.

It is clear from Philodemus words that the dialectician Eubulides, said to be Demosthenes teacher (so also Philod. 2.206.9) and a disparager of Aristotle (Natorp, RE VI 870), published teachings on the orators craft. Diog. Laert. 2.10 (4), 108: One of Euclides successors is Eubulides of Miletus, who interrogated many kinds of speech in dialectic, the lying one, the fallacious one, Electra, the wrapped-in one, the Sorites, the fallacy of the Horns, the bald one. One of the comedians writes the following (Mein. 4.618.51

 

The eristic sophist Eubulides, interrogating Horns,

Rolling along the rhetors with with false and lazy speeches,

Ran away with Demosthenes petty trick-heavy wordiness.

It is likely that Demosthenes too listened to him and stopped dealing in petty trickery. Eubulides also had his differences with Aristotle and slandered him a great deal (cf. Euseb. Praep. ev. 15.2; Athen. 354 c; Themist. 23 p. 285 c).