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‘ ἀνασχούσης καὶ
ἀναδύσης ὥσπερ ἐκ βυθοῦ τῆς πρὸς τὸ γένος ὁμοιότητος: οὕτω πολλάκις
ἤθη καὶ πάθη ψυχῆς αἱ πρῶται κρύπτουσι γενέσεις καὶ καταδύουσιν
ὕστερον δέ ποτε καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρων ἐξήνθησε καὶ ἀπέδωκε τὸ οἰκεῖον εἰς
κακίαν καὶ ἀρετὴν ἡ φύσις.
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ἐπεὶ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ εἰπὼν ἐσιώπησα, διαμειδιάσας ὁ Ὀλύμπιχος ‘οὐκ
ἐπαινοῦμέν σ᾽’ εἶπεν ‘ὅπως μὴ δόξωμεν ἀφιέναι τὸν μῦθον, ὡς
τοῦ λόγου πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν ἱκανῶς ἔχοντος, ἀλλὰ τότε δώσομεν τὴν
ἀπόφασιν, ὅταν κἀκεῖνον ἀκούσωμεν’ οὕτως οὖν ἔφην, ὅτι ὁ Σολεὺς 1 Θεσπέσιος, ἀνὴρ ἐκείνου τοῦ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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