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ποιοῦσιν, ἓξ ἴσοις ἐπιπέδοις περιεχόμενον εἶτα νήχονται τὴν τάξιν οὕτω τὸ πλαίσιον ἀμφίστομον διαφυλάττοντες ὁ γοῦν θυννοσκόπος, ἂν ἀκριβῶς λάβῃ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς ἐπιφανείας, εὐθὺς ἀποφαίνεται πόσον καὶ ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθός ἐστιν, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ τὸ βάθος αὐτῶν ἐν ἴσῳ τεταγμένον στοιχείῳ πρός τε τὸ πλάτος ἐστὶ καὶ τὸ μῆκος.
ἀμίαις δὲ καὶ τοὔνομα παρέσχηκεν ὁ συναγελασμός, οἶμαι δὲ καὶ ταῖς πηλαμύσι. τῶν δ᾽ [p. 67] ἄλλων γενῶν ὅσα φαίνεται καὶ ζῇ κοινωνικῶς μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἀγεληδὸν οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι τὸν ἀριθμὸν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐπὶ τὰς κατ᾽ ἰδίαν κοινωνίας αὐτῶν καὶ συμβιώσεις ἰτέον. ὧν ἐστι καὶ ὁ τὸ πλεῖστον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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