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μέρεσι, καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν εὐτονώτερόν ἐστιν: ἢ μᾶλλον διὰ τὸ οὖρον οἴονται τὰς τρίχας τῶν θηλειῶν βρεχομένας γίγνεσθαι χείρονας;
διὰ τί τευθὶς φαινομένη σημεῖόν ἐστι μεγάλου χειμῶνος;
ἦ πάντα φύσει τὰ μαλάκια δύσριγα διὰ γυμνότητα τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ψιλότητα, μήτ᾽ ὀστράκῳ μήτε δέρματι μήτε λεπίδι σκεπομένης ἀλλ᾽ ἐντὸς ἐχούσης
τὸ σκληρὸν καὶ ὀστεῶδες, διὸ καὶ κέκληται μαλάκια; ταχὺ δὴ προαισθάνεται δι᾽ εὐπάθειαν τοῦ χειμῶνος:
ὅθεν ὁ μὲν πολύπους εἰς γῆν ἀνατρέχει καὶ τῶν πετριδίων ἀντιλαμβανόμενος σημεῖόν ἐστι πνεύματος
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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