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‘ τὸ κατὰ τοῦτον ὄντως
ὄντως ὄν, 1 οὐ γεγονὸς οὐδ᾽ ἐσόμενον οὐδ᾽ ἀρξάμενον οὐδὲ παυσόμενον.
οὕτως οὖν αὐτὸν 2 δεῖ σεβομένους ἀσπάζεσθαι καὶ προσαγορεύειν, 3
ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία, ὡς ἔνιοι τῶν
παλαιῶν,‘εἶἕν.’ οὐ γὰρ πολλὰ τὸ θεῖόν ἐστιν, ὡς ἡμῶν
ἕκαστος ἐκ μυρίων διαφορῶν ἐν πάθεσι γιγνομένων, ἄθροισμα παντοδαπὸν
καὶ πανηγυρικῶς μεμιγμένον: ἀλλ᾽ ἓν εἶναι δεῖ τὸ ὄν, ὥσπερ ὂν τὸ
ἕν. ἡ δ᾽ ἑτερότης, διαφορᾷ τοῦ ὄντος,
εἰς γένεσιν ἐξίσταται τοῦ μὴ ὄντος. ὅθεν ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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