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τιμῆς καὶ φόβος τιμωρίας: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὁρμητικωτέρους πρὸς τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἡ 1 δ᾽ ὀκνηροὺς
πρὸς τὰ φαῦλα τῶν ἔργων ἀπεργάζεται.
καθόλου δ᾽ ἀπείργειν προσήκει τοὺς παῖδας τῆς πρὸς τοὺς πονηροὺς
ἀνθρώπους συνουσίας: [p. 28] ἀποφέρονται γάρ τι τῆς τούτων
κακίας. τοῦτο δὲ παρήγγειλε καὶ Πυθαγόρας αἰνίγμασιν ἅπερ ἐγὼ παραθεὶς
ἐξηγήσομαι: καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα πρὸς ἀρετῆς κτῆσιν συμβάλλεται ῥοπὴν οὐκ
ἐλαχίστην. οἷον ‘μὴ γεύεσθαι μελανούρων’
τουτέστι μὴ συνδιατρίβειν μέλασιν ἀνθρώποις διὰ κακοήθειαν. ‘μὴ ζυγὸν
ὑπερβαίνειν; ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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