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εἰκόνα κατέστησεν, ἣν οἱ μακάριοι καὶ σώφρονες ἐκ φιλοσοφίας ἀπογράφονται πρὸς τὸ κάλλιστον τῶν πραγμάτων 1 πλάττοντες ἑαυτούς. ταύτην δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμποιεῖ τὴν διάθεσιν ἢ λόγος ἐκ φιλοσοφίας παραγενόμενος: ἵνα μὴ πάσχωμεν τὸ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, ὃς ἐν Κορίνθῳ Διογένην θεασάμενος καὶ δι᾽ εὐφυΐαν ἀγαπήσας καὶ θαυμάσας τὸ φρόνημα καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τἀνδρὸς 2 εἶπεν ‘εἰ μὴ Ἀλέξανδρος ἤμην, [p. 18] Διογένης ἂν ἤμην:’ ὀλίγου δέων 3 εἰπεῖν, τὴν περὶ αὑτὸν 4 εὐτυχίαν καὶ λαμπρότητα καὶ δύναμιν ὡς κώλυσιν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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