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τρόπος χαλεπὸς ἢ παντελῶς
ἄπορος συνοφθῆναι, καθ᾽ ὃν ἡ ψυχὴ νοήσασα ἐφέλκεται ταῖς ὁρμαῖς τὸν
ὄγκον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ὅσῳ 1 μάλα δίχα φωνῆς
ἐννοηθεὶς κινεῖ λόγος ἀπραγμόνως, οὕτως 2 οὐκ ἂν οἶμαι δυσπείστως
ἔχοιμεν 3 ὑπὸ νοῦ κρείσσονος νοῦν καὶ ψυχῆς θειοτέρας ἂν ἄγεσθαι 4 θύραθεν
ἐφαπτομένης ἣν 5 πέφυκεν ἐπαφὴν λόγος ἴσχειν πρὸς λόγον ὥσπερ φῶς 6
ἀνταύγειαν. τῷ γὰρ ὄντι τὰς μὲν ἀλλήλων
νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψηλαφῶντες γνωρίζομεν: αἱ δὲ τῶν
δαιμόνων φέγγος ἔχουσαι τοῖς δυναμένοις 7
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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