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‘ ἓν γάρ τι πρᾶγμα
καὶ συνεχὲς ἡ πόλις ὥσπερ ζῷον οὐκ ἐξιστάμενον αὑτοῦ 1 ταῖς καθ᾽
ἡλικίαν μεταβολαῖς οὐδ᾽ ἕτερον ἐξ ἑτέρου τῷ χρόνῳ γιγνόμενον, ἀλλὰ
συμπαθὲς: ἀεὶ καὶ οἰκεῖον αὑτῷ, καὶ πᾶσαν ὧν πράττει κατὰ τὸ
κοινὸν ἢ ἔπραξεν αἰτίαν καὶ χάριν ἀναδεχόμενον, μέχρι ἂν ἡ ποιοῦσα 2 καὶ συνδέουσα ταῖς ἐπιπλοκαῖς κοινωνία
τὴν ἑνότητα διαφυλάττῃ. τὸ δὲ πολλὰς πόλεις διαιροῦντα τῷ χρόνῳ
ποιεῖν μᾶλλον δ᾽ ἀπείρους, ὅμοιόν ἐστι τῷ πολλοὺς τὸν ἕνα ποιεῖν
ἄνθρωπον, ὅτι νῦν πρεσβύτερός ἐστι πρότερον δὲ
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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