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τὰς νοήσεις, ἃς ἐναποκειμένας μὲν ‘ἐννοίας:'’ καλοῦσι κινουμένας δὲ ‘διανοήσεις.’ τὰ δὲ πάθη σύμπαντα κοινῶς ‘ κρίσεις φαύλας καὶ δόξας’ ὁμολογοῦντες; εἶναι, θαυμαστὸν ὅτι δὴ παρορῶσιν ἐν τοῖς θηρίοις ἔργα καὶ κινήματα πολλὰ μὲν θυμῶν πολλὰ δὲ φόβων καὶ ναὶ μὰ Δία φθόνων καὶ ζηλοτυπιῶν αὐτοὶ δὲ καὶ κύνας ἁμαρτάνοντας καὶ ἵππους κολάζουσιν, οὐ διὰ κενῆς ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σωφρονισμῷ, λύπην δι᾽ ἀλγηδόνος ἐμποιοῦντες αὐτοῖς, ἣν μετάνοιαν ὀνομάζομεν. [p. 18] ἡδονῆς δὲ τῆ μὲν δι᾽ ὤτων ὄνομα κήλησίς ἐστι τῇ δὲ δι᾽ ὀμμάτων γοητεία: χρῶνται δ᾽ ἑκατέροις ἐπὶ τὰ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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