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τῶν δ᾽
ἁδροτέρων καὶ συνεστηκότων ἤδη δεινοὺς ἀγῶνας πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ
διαταραχὰς λαμβανόντων, κλύδωνα καὶ βρασμὸν εἶναι καὶ φθόρου καὶ πλάνης
καὶ ναυαγίων μεστὰ πάντα, πρίν γε τὴν γῆν
μέγεθος λαβοῦσαν ἐκ τῶν συνισταμένων καὶ φερομένων ἱδρυθῆναί πως; αὐτὴν
καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἵδρυσιν ἐν αὑτῇ καὶ περὶ αὑτὴν 1 παρασχεῖν οὕτω τῶν
μεγίστων ἐν ἀνθρώποις δυνάμεων καὶ ἡγεμονιῶν κατὰ τύχας ἐλαυνομένων καὶ συμφερομένων ὑπὸ τοῦ μηδένα κρατεῖν
βούλεσθαι δὲ πάντας, ἀμήχανος ἦν ἡ 2 φορὰ καὶ πλάνη καὶ μεταβολὴ πᾶσα
πάντων, μέχρι οὗ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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