As, therefore, by such means he rose, when every people imagined he would advance their interest, so ought he by the same means to be pulled down again, when the selfish aim of his whole policy is exposed.
Demosthenes proposes that just as Philip rose by deception, he can be overthrown by exposing the selfish motives behind his policies to those he has misled.
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