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πολυπραγμονεῖν περὶ
Σωκράτους, ὡς κρείττονα δήπουθεν ἔχοντος ἐν αὑτῷ μυρίων διδασκάλων καὶ
παιδαγωγῶν ἡγεμόνα πρὸς τὸν βίον.
‘ἡμῖν μέν, 1 ὦ Φειδόλαε, καὶ ζῶντος Σωκράτους καὶ τεθνηκότος, οὕτως
ἐννοεῖν περὶ τοῦ δαιμονίου παρίσταται, τῶν
κληδόνας ἢ πταρμοὺς ἤ τι τοιοῦτον εἰρηκότων ἄλλο 2 καταφρονοῦσιαν ἃ
δὲ Τιμάρχου τοῦ Χαιρωνέως ἠκούσαμεν ὑπὲρ τούτου διεξιόντος, οὐκ
οἶδα μὴ 3 μύθοις ὁμοιότερ᾽ ἢ λόγοις ὄντα 4 σιωπᾶν ἄμεινον.’
‘μηδαμῶς’ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόκριτος
‘ἀλλὰ δίελθ᾽ αὐτά: καὶ γὰρ εἰ μὴ λίαν ἀκριβῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν ὅπη
ψαύει τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τὸ μυθῶδες. ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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