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τῷ σώματι μικρὰ 1 τῶν ἀναγκαίων χάριν καταμιγνὺς αὑτόν, εὐαφὴς ἦν
καὶ λεπτὸς ὑπὸ τοῦ προσπεσόντος ὀξέως
μεταβαλεῖν : τὸ δὲ προσπῖπτον οὐ φθόγγον ἀλλὰ λόγον ἄν τις εἰκάσειε
δαίμονος, ἄνευ φωνῆς ἐφαπτόμενον αὐτῷ τῷ δηλουμένῳ τοῦ νοοῦντος
πληγῇ γὰρ ἡ φωνὴ προσέοικε τῆς ψυχῆς, δι᾽ ὤτων βίᾳ τὸν λόγον
εἰσδεχομένης, ὅταν ἀλλήλοις ἐντυγχάνωμεν. ὁ
δὲ τοῦ κρείττονος νοῦς ἄγει τὴν εὐφυᾶ ψυχὴν ἐπιθιγγάνων τῷ νοηθέντι
πληγῆς μὴ δεομένην: ἡ δ᾽ ἐνδίδωσιν αὐτῷ χαλῶντι καὶ συντείνοντι
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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