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‘ λόγῳ πᾶν σῶμα γένεσιν ἔσχηκεν. ἐπεὶ
γὰρ ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει βάθος λαβόντι πᾶν τὸ στερεόν ἐστι, καὶ μήκους
μὲν προϋφίσταται στιγμὴ κατὰ μονάδα
ταττομένη, μῆκος δ᾽ ἀπλατὲς ἡ γραμμὴ καλεῖται καὶ μῆκος 1 ἐστιν, ἡ δ᾽
ἐπὶ πλάτος γραμμῆς κίνησις ἐπιφανείας γένεσιν ἐν τριάδι παρέσχε,
βάθους δὲ τούτοις προσγενομένου διὰ τεττάρων εἰς στερεὸν ἡ αὔξησις
προβαίνει: παντὶ δῆλον, ὅτι μέχρι δεῦρο
τὴν φύσιν ἡ τετρὰς προαγαγοῦσα, μέχρι τοῦ σῶμα τελειῶσαι καὶ παρασχεῖν
ἁπτὸν 2 ὄγκον καὶ ἀντίτυπον, ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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