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τετράγωνός τε καὶ κύβος ἐστί διὸ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον
ἔστιν ὅτε τετράγωνον καὶ κύβον προσαγορεύουσιν.
οὕτω καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐπανάγουσι τοῖς τριπλασιασμοῖς,
πολὺ τοῦ κατὰ λόγον οὗτοί γε παραπαίοντες,
εἴ τι τῶν γεωμετρικῶν ὄφελός ἐστιν
ἀποδείξεων, καὶ μακρῷ πιθανωτέρους παραβαλεῖν αὐτοῖς ἀποδεικνύοντες τοὺς ὁρμωμένους ἐκεῖθεν, οὐδ᾽ αὐτοὺς παντάπασιν ἐξακριβοῦντας ἀλλ᾽ ὡς
ἔγγιστα λέγοντας, ὅτι τῆς μὲν ἡλίου διαμέτρου πρὸς τὴν διάμετρον τῆς γῆς λόγος ἐστὶ δωδεκαπλάσιος,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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