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ἄθεος ἀκίνητος
εἶναι πρὸς τὸ θεῖον, ὁ δὲ δεισιδαίμων κινούμενος ὡς οὐ προσήκει
διαστρέφεσθαι. ἡ γὰρ ἄγνοια τῷ μὲν ἀπιστίαν τοῦ ὠφελοῦντος ἐμπεποίηκε,
τῷ δὲ καὶ δόξαν ὅτι βλάπτει
προστέθεικεν. ὅθεν ἡ μὲν ἀθεότης λόγος ἐστὶ διεψευσμένος, ἡ δὲ
δεισιδαιμονία πάθος ἐκ λόγου ψευδοῦς ἐγγεγενημένον.
αἰσχρὰ μὲν δὴ πάντα τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς; νοσήματα
καὶ πάθη, τὸ δὲ γαῦρον ἐνίοις ὅμως καὶ ὑψηλὸν καὶ διηρμένον ἔνεστιν
ὑπὸ κουφότητος, δραστηρίου δ᾽ ὁρμῆς οὐδὲν ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν ἀπεστέρηται.
ἀλλὰ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ κοινὸν ἔγκλημα παντὸς πάθους [p. 405] ἐστίν,
ὅτι ταῖς πρακτικαῖς ὁρμαῖς ἐκβιαζόμενα κατεπείγει
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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