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πολλάκις εἰς ἃ μὴ δεῖ
καταβάλλουσι τὴν διάνοιαν. ὅθεν ἐκεῖνο μὲν ψεῦδός ἐστι, τὸ Δημόκριτον
ἑκουσίως σβέσαι τὰς ὄψεις ἀπερεισάμενον εἰς
ἔσοπτρον πυρωθέν, καὶ τὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀνάκλασιν δεξάμενον, 1 ὅπως μὴ
παρέχωσι θόρυβον τὴν διάνοιαν ἔξω καλοῦσαι πολλάκις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐῶσιν ἔνδον
οἰκουρεῖν καὶ διατρίβειν πρὸς τοῖς νοητοῖς, ὥσπερ παρόδιοι θυρίδες
ἐμφραγεῖσαι: τοῦτο μέντοι παντὸς μᾶλλον
ἀληθές ἐστιν, ὅτι τὴν αἴσθησιν ὀλίγα κινοῦσιν οἱ πλεῖστα τῇ διανοίᾳ
χρώμενοι. καὶ γὰρ τὰ μουσεῖα πορρωτάτω τῶν πόλεων ἱδρύσαντο, καὶ τὴν
νύκτα προσεῖπον ‘εὐφρόνην’ μέγα πρὸς εὕρεσιν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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