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καὶ
Διογένης μειράκιον ἐκστατικὸν ἰδὼν καὶ παραφρονοῦν ‘νεανίσκε’
ἔφησεν, ‘ὁ πατήρ σε μεθύων ἔσπειρε’ καὶ περὶ μὲν τῆς γενέσεως
τοσαῦτ᾽ εἰρὴσθω μοι, περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀγωγῆς καὶ
δὴ λεκτέον.
καθόλου μὲν εἰπεῖν, ὃ κατὰ τῶν τεχνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπιστημῶν λέγειν
εἰώθαμεν, ταὐτὸ καὶ κατὰ τῆς [p. 3] ἀρετῆς φατέον ἐστίν, ὡς
εἰς τὴν παντελῆ δικαιοπραγίαν τρία δεῖ συνδραμεῖν, φύσιν καὶ λόγον καὶ
ἔθος. καλῶ δὲ λόγον μὲν τὴν μάθησιν, ἔθος δὲ τὴν ἄσκησιν. εἰσὶ δ᾽ αἱ
μὲν ἀρχαὶ τῆς φύσεως, αἱ δὲ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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