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λέγειν καὶ
ᾄδειν: ‘ὁ μὲν γὰρ κάλλιστος τῶν γεγονότων
ὁ δ᾽ ἄριστος τῶν αἰτίων:’ τὴν δ᾽ οὐσίαν καὶ ὕλην, ἐξ ἡ γέγονεν, οὐ γενομένην ἀλλ᾽ ὑποκειμένην
ἀεὶ τῷ δημιουργῷ εἰς διάθεσιν καὶ τάξιν
αὑτῆς καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξομοίωσιν ὡς δυνατὸν ἦν
ἐμπαρασχεῖν. οὐ γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος ἡ γένεσις ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ καλῶς μηδ᾽ ἱκανῶς ἔχοντος, ὡς
οἰκίας καὶ ἱματίου καὶ ἀνδριάντος. ἀκοσμία γὰρ
ἦν τὰ πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως: ἀκοσμία δ᾽ οὐκ ἀσώματος οὐδ᾽ ἀκίνητος οὐδ᾽ ἄψυχος ἀλλ᾽ ἄμορφον μὲν καὶ ἀσύστατον τὸ σωματικὸν ἔμπληκτον
δὲ καὶ ἄλογον τὸ κινητικὸν ἔχουσα τοῦτο δ᾽
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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