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γὰρ τὰ χείλη διὰ πάχος καὶ μέγεθος: ἢ μᾶλλον ἰσχύουσα ταῖς χερσὶ ῥήγνυσι καὶ διασπᾷ τὸν βρόχον: ἢ καὶ ταῖς χερσὶν ἅμα χρῆται καὶ τῷ στόματι, ταῖς μὲν διασπῶσα τὸ λίνον τῷ δ᾽ ἀμυνομένη
τοὺς διώκοντας; οὐδενὸς δ᾽ ἧττον αὐτῇ βοηθοῦσιν
αἱ περικαλινδήσεις: διὸ μᾶλλον ἢ διασπᾶν τὰ λίνα πραγματευομένη πολλάκις ἐκκυβιστᾷ καὶ σῴζεται,
ἀμὴ καὶ δέοι ἡ τῶν ὀδόντων.
τίς ἡ αἰτία, δι᾽ ἣν τὰ ψυχρὰ τῶν ὑδάτων οὐ θαυμάζομεν ἀλλὰ τὰ θερμά, καίτοι δῆλον ὅτι θερμότης αἰτία τούτων ὡς ψυχρότης ἐκείνων;
οὐ γὰρ, ὡς ἔνιοι νομίζουσιν, ἡ μὲν θερμότης
δύναμίς ἐστιν ἡ δὲ ψυχρότης στέρησις θερμότητος:
ἐπεὶ πλειόνων αἴτιον ἐφαίνετο τὸ μὴ ὂν τοῦ ὄντος.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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