For we exhort young men to the study of philosophyCf. Vol. I, Introd. pp. xxvi and xxvii for the “philosophy” of Isocrates. by praising others in order that they, emulating those who are eulogized, may desire to adopt the same pursuits, but I appeal to you and yours, using as examples not aliens, but members of your own family, and I counsel you to devote your attention to this, that you may not be surpassed in either word or deed by any of the Hellenes