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ἐλλάμπουσιν, οὐ δεόμεναι ῥημάτων οὐδ᾽
ὀνομάτων, οἷς χρώμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους; οἱ ἄνθρωποι συμβόλοις εἴδωλα τῶν νοουμένων καὶ εἰκόνας ὁρῶσιν, αὐτὰ 1 δ᾽
οὐ γιγνώσκουσι πλὴν οἷς ἔπεστιν 2 ἴδιόν τι καὶ [p. 524]
δαιμόνιον ὥσπερ εἴρηται φέγγος: καίτοι τὸ περὶ τὴν φωνὴν γιγνόμενον
ἔστιν παραμυθεῖται τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας: ὁ γὰρ ἀὴρ φθόγγοις ἐνάρθροις
τυπωθεὶς καὶ γενόμενος δι᾽ ὅλου λόγος καὶ φωνὴ πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ ἀκροωμένου περαίνει τὴν νόησιν: ὥστε θαυμάζειν
οὐκ 3 ἄξιον, εἰ καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ νοηθὲν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀμεινόνων 4 ὁ ἀὴρ
τρεπόμενος δι᾽ εὐπάθειαν ἐνσημαίνεται τοῖς θείοις καὶ περιττοῖς ἀνδράσι
τὸν τοῦ νοήσαντος λόγον. ὥσπερ γὰρ αἱ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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