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‘ ἑκάστου τοῖς μὲν μᾶλλον
ἐμμένουσι τοῖς δ᾽ ἧσσον. ὅρα δ᾽’ εἶπε
‘τὰ ποικίλα ταῦτα καὶ παντοδαπὰ χρώματα τῶν ψυχῶν: τὸ μὲν ὄρφνιον
καὶ ῥυπαρόν, ἀνελευθερίας ἀλοιφὴν καὶ πλεονεξίας, τὸ δ᾽ αἱματωπὸν καὶ
διάπυρον, ὠμότητος καὶ πικρίας ὅπου δὲ τὸ γλαύκινόν ἐστιν, ἐντεῦθεν
ἀκρασία τις περὶ ἡδονὰς ἐκτέτριπται
μόλις: κακόνοια δ᾽ ἐνοῦσα 1 μετὰ φθόνου τουτὶ τὸ ἰῶδες καὶ ὕπουλον,
ὥσπερ αἱ σηπίαι τὸ [p. 460] μέλαν, ἀφίησιν. ἐκεῖ μὲν γὰρ
ἡ 2 κακία τῆς ψυχῆς τρεπομένης ὑπὸ τῶν παθῶν καὶ τρεπούσης τὸ σῶμα τὰς
χρόας ἀναδίδωσιν, ἐνταῦθα δὲ καθαρμοῦ καὶ κολάσεως πέρας ἐστί, τούτων
ἐκλεανθέντων, παντάπασι
’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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