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‘ ἀδελφῷ’ καὶ τὸ ‘ φύγε τὴν γυναῖκα διαφθείρουσαν’ ἢ τὸ ‘ παῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα διαφθείρων.’ τοιοῦτον γὰρ ἡ θεραπευτικὴ παρρησία ζητεῖ τρόπον, ἡ δὲ πρακτικὴ 1 τὸν ἐναντίον. ὅταν γὰρ ἢ μέλλοντας; ἁμαρτάνειν ἐκκροῦσαι δεήσῃ πρὸς 2 ὁρμήν τινα βίαιον ἐνισταμένους 3 ἐξ ἐναντίας φερομένην ἢ πρὸς τὰ καλὰ μαλακῶς καὶ ἀπροθύμως ἔχοντας: ἐντεῖναι καὶ παρορμῆσαι θελήσωμεν, εἰς αἰτίας δεῖ περιφέρειν ἀτόπους καὶ μὴ πρεπούσας τὸ γιγνόμενον. ὡς ὁ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα παροξύνων Ὀδυσσεὺς οὒ φησιν ὀργίζεσθαι διὰ τὸ δεῖπνον, ἀλλ᾽
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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