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‘ ψέγομεν; ἄλλοις δὲ χρώμεθα
λόγοις ἄλλοις πάθεσιν, οὐκ εἶδος οὐ μορφὴν οὐ διάνοιαν ἔτι τὴν
αὐτὴν ἔχοντες; οὔτε γὰρ ἄνευ μεταβολῆς ἕτερα πάσχειν. εἰκός, οὔτε μεταβάλλων ὁ αὐτός ἐστιν: εἰ δ᾽ ὁ
αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδ᾽ ἔστιν, ἀλλὰ τοῦτ᾽ 1 αὐτὸ μεταβάλλει
γιγνόμενοσἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου. ψεύδεται δ᾽ ἡ αἴσθησις ἀγνοίᾳ τοῦ
ὄντος εἶναι τὸ φαινόμενον.’
‘τί οὖν ὄντως ὄν ἐστι; τὸ ἀίδιον καὶ ἀγένητον καὶ ἄφθαρτον, ᾧ χρόνος μεταβολὴν οὐδὲ εἷς, ἐπάγει.
κινητὸν γάρ τι καὶ κινουμένῃ συμφανταζόμενον ὕλῃ καὶ ῥέον ἀεὶ καὶ
μὴ στέγον, 2 ὥσπερ ἀγγεῖον φθορᾶς καὶ γενέσεως, ὁ χρόνος: οὗ γε δὴ
’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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