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οὐ μὴν ἀνέδην γε πάλιν οὐδ᾽ ἁπλῶς τὰς δόσεις ἐφῆκεν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ μὴ νόσων ἕνεκεν ἢ φαρμάκων ἢ δεσμῶν1 ἢ ἀνάγκῃ κατασχεθεὶς ἢ γυναικὶ πιθόμενος,2 εὖ πάνυ καὶ προσηκόντως τὸ πεισθῆναι παρὰ τὸ βέλτιστον οὐδὲν ἡγούμενος τοῦ βιασθῆναι διαφέρειν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ταὐτὸ τὴν ἀπάτην τῇ ἀνάγκῃ καὶ τῷ πόνῳ τὴν ἡδονὴν θέμενος, ὡς οὐχ ἧττον ἐκστῆσαι λογισμὸν ἀνθρώπου δυναμένων.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1.
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