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ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ Πλάτων, 1 ὡς ἔοικε, συνιδὼν πρότερος ἐξεμόρφωσε καὶ διετύπωσε τῆς φύσει τυραννικῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φανταστικὸν καὶ ἄλογον οἷα κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους δρᾷ. ‘μητρί τε γὰρ ἐπιχειρεῖ μίγνυσθαι’ καὶ πρὸς 2 βρώσεις ὁρμᾷ παντοδαπάς, παρανομοῦν καὶ χρώμενον ἑαυτοῦ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις οἷον λελυμέναις, ἃς μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν ὁ νόμος αἰσχύνῃ καὶ φόβῳ καθείργνυσιν. ὥσπερ οὖν τὰ: πεπαιδευμένα καλῶς τῶν ὑποζυγίων, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἀφῇ τὰς ἡνίας; ὁ ἄρχων, ἐπιχειρεῖ παρατρέπεσθαι καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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