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οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε τὸ ἄποιον καὶ ἀργὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ καὶ ἀρρεπὲς αἰτίαν κακοῦ καὶ ἀρχὴν ὑποτίθεσθαι τὸν Πλάτωνα καὶ καλεῖν ἀπειρίαν αἰσχρὰν καὶ κακοποιόν, αὖθις δ᾽ ἀνάγκην πολλὰ τῷ θεῷ δυσμαχοῦσαν
καὶ ἀφηνιάζουσαν. ἡ γάρ ‘ἀναστρέφουσα’
τὸν οὐρανόν, ὥσπερ ἐν Πολιτικῷ λέγεται, καὶ
ἀνελίττουσα πρὸς τοὐναντίον ἀνάγκη καὶ ‘σύμφυτος
ἐπιθυμία’ καὶ τὸ
τῆς πάλαι ποτὲ φύσεως σύντροφον πολλῆς μετέχον ἀταξίας, πρὶν εἰς τὸν νῦν κόσμον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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