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‘ ἐξανθρωπίσαντος, εἰ μὴ πταρμὸν μηδὲ κληδόνα τὸ 1 σημεῖον ἀλλὰ τραγικῶς πάνυ τὸ δαιμόνιον
ὠνόμαζεν. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἂν τοὐναντίον ἐθαύμαζον ἀνδρὸς ἄκρου διαλέγεσθαι καὶ κρατεῖν ὀνομάτων, ὥσπερ
Σωκράτης, εἰ μὴ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἀλλὰ τὸν πταρμὸν αὑτῷ 2 σημαίνειν ἔλεγεν:
ὥσπερ εἴ τις ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλους φαίη τετρῶσθαι μὴ τῷ βέλει ὑπὸ τοῦ
βαλόντος, μεμετρῆσθαι δ᾽ αὖ τὸ βάρος ὑπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ μὴ τῷ ζυγῷ
ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱστάντος. οὐ γὰρ τοῦ ὀργάνου
τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλ᾽ οὗ καὶ τὸ ὄργανον ᾧ χρῆται πρὸς τὸ ἔργον:
ὄργανον δέ τι καὶ τὸ σημεῖον ᾧ χρῆται τὸ σημαῖνον: ἀλλ᾽ ὅπερ
εἶπον, εἴ τι Σιμμίας ἔχοι λέγειν, ἀκουστέον, ὡς εἰδότος
ἀκριβέστερον. ’
καὶ ὁ Θεόκριτος ‘πρότερόν γ᾽’ ἔφη ‘τοὺς ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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