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τῇ μίξει τῆς ἀμερίστου καὶ μεριστῆς οὐσίας:
ἀμέριστον μὲν γὰρ εἶναι τὸ ἓν μεριστὸν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος, ἐκ δὲ τούτων γίγνεσθαι τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ἑνὸς ὁρίζοντος τὸ πλῆθος καὶ τῇ ἀπειρίᾳ πέρας
ἐπιτιθέντος, ἣν καὶ δυάδα καλοῦσιν ἀόριστον. καὶ
Ζαράτας ὁ Πυθαγόρου διδάσκαλος ταύτην μὲν
ἐκάλει τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ μητέρα τὸ δ᾽ ἓν πατέρα: διὸ καὶ βελτίονας εἶναι τῶν ἀριθμῶν ὅσοι τῇ μονάδι
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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