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τῷ λογισμῷ
συνεθιζόμενον. ἐκ δὲ τούτου μᾶλλον ἐπιτείνοντα τὴν ἄσκησιν ὀρθῶς ἔχει
καὶ θέατρον ἀκροάματος εὐημεροῦντος παρελθεῖν, καὶ φίλους ἐπ᾽ ὀρχηστοῦ τινος ἢ κωμῳδοῦ θέαν παραλαμβάνοντας
διώσασθαι , καὶ βοῆς ἐν σταδίῳ γενομένης ἢ ἱπποδρόμῳ μὴ ἐπιστραφῆναι.
καθάπερ γὰρ ὁ Σωκράτης παρῄνει φυλάττεσθαι τῶν βρωμάτων ὅσα μὴ
πεινῶντας ἐσθίειν ἀναπείθει, καὶ τῶν πωμάτων 1 ὅσα πίνειν μὴ διψῶντας: οὕτω χρὴ καὶ ἡμᾶς τῶν θεαμάτων καὶ
ἀκουσμάτων φυλάττεσθαι καὶ φεύγειν ὅσα κρατεῖ καὶ προσάγεται τοὺς μηδὲν
δεομένους. ὁ δὲ Κῦρος 2 οὐκ ἐβούλετο τὴν Πάνθειαν ἰδεῖν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ
Ἀράσπου λέγοντος ὡς ἄξιον θέας εἴη τὸ τῆς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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