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‘ παρέσχεν.
ἀρχὴ μὲν γὰρ ἀριθμοῦ παντὸς ἡ μονάς, τετράγωνος δὲ πρῶτος ἡ τετράς
ἐκ δὲ τούτων, ὥσπερ ἰδέας καὶ ὕλης
πέρας ἐχούσης, ἡ πεμπάς. εἰ δὲ δὴ καὶ τὴν μονάδα τετράγωνον ὀρθῶς
ἔνιοι τίθενται, δύναμιν οὖσαν ἑαυτῆς καὶ περαίνουσαν εἰς ἑαυτήν, ἐκ
δυεῖν πεφυκυῖα τῶν πρώτων τετραγώνων ἡ πεμπὰς οὐκ ἀπολέλοιπεν
ὑπερβολὴν εὐγενείας.’
‘τὸ δὲ μέγιστον’ ἔφην ‘δέδια μὴ ῥηθὲν πιέζῃ τὸν Πλάτωνα ἡμῶν ,
ὡς ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγε πιέζεσθαι τῷ τῆς σελήνης ὀνόματι τὸν Ἀναξαγόραν,
παμπάλαιον οὖσαν τινα τὴν περὶ τῶν φωτισμῶν δόξαν [p. 18]
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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