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οὕτως οἱ κόλακες; οὐκ ἀληθινὴν οὐδ᾽ ὠφέλιμον ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ἐπιλλώπτουσαν ἐξ ὀφρύος καὶ γαργαλίζουσαν ἀτεχνῶς παρρησίαν προσφέρουσιν. ἔστι μὲν οὖν διὰ ταῦτα δυσφώρατος; ὁ ἀνήρ, ὥσπερ τῶν θηρίων ὅσα πεφυκότα τὴν χρόαν τρέπεσθαι συναφομοιοῦται τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις χρώμασι καὶ χωρίοις: ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐξαπατᾷ τε καὶ περικαλύπτεται ταῖς ὁμοιότησιν, ἡμέτερον ἔργον ἐστὶ ταῖς διαφοραῖς ἀνακαλύπτειν καὶ ἀπογυμνοῦν αὐτὸν ‘ἀλλοτρίοις χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασιν,’ φησιν ὁ Πλάτων, 1 ‘ χήτει οἰκείων κοσμούμενον’
εὐθὺς οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς σκοπῶμεν. ἀρχὴν δὲ φιλίας; ἔφαμεν εἶναι τοῖς πλείστοις τὴν ταὐτὰ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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