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καὶ γὰρ γῆν καὶ
θάλατταν ἕκαστος ἔχει κόσμος: ἔχει γὰρ καὶ μέσον ἕκαστος ἴδιον, καὶ
πάθη σωμάτων καὶ μεταβολὰς καὶ φύσιν καὶ δύναμιν, ἣ 1
σῴζει καὶ φυλάττει κατὰ χώραν ἕκαστον. τὸ 2 μὲν γὰρ ἐκτός, εἴτ᾽ οὐδέν ἐστιν εἴτε κενὸν ἄπειρον, οὐ παρέχει
μέσον, ὡς εἴρηται: πλειόνων δὲ κόσμων ὄντων, καθ᾽ ἕκαστόν ἐστιν ἴδιον
μέσον: ὥστε 3 κίνησις ἰδία τοῖς μὲν ἐπὶ
τοῦτο τοῖς δ᾽ ἀπὸ τούτου τοῖς δὲ περὶ τοῦτο, καθάπερ αὐτοὶ διαιροῦσιν.
ὁ δ᾽ ἀξιῶν, πολλῶν μέσων ὄντων, ἐφ᾽ ἓν
μόνον ὠθεῖσθαι τὰ βάρη πανταχόθεν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ, πολλῶν ὄντων
ἀνθρώπων, ἀξιοῦντος εἰς μίαν φλέβα τὸ πανταχόθεν αἷμα συρρεῖν καὶ μιᾷ
μήνιγγι τοὺς πάντων ἐγκεφάλους
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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