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τέμνοιτο, κερματιζομένων εἰς μόρια τῶν μονάδων,
δυσθεωρήτου τῆς μαθήσεως ἐσομένης, αὐτὸ τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν πολλαπλασιασμὸν ὑπηγόρευσεν, ὥσπερ ἐν ἁρμονικῇ μεταβολῇ τοῦ διαγράμματος ὅλου συνεπιτεινομένου
τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν ἀριθμῶν. ὁ μὲν οὖν Εὔδωρος
ἐπακολουθήσας Κράντορι πρῶτον ἔλαβε τὸν
τπδ᾽, ὃς γίγνεται τοῦ ἓξ ἐπὶ τὰ ξδ᾽ πολλαπλασιασθέντος ἐπηγάγετο δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ τῶν ξδ᾽ ἀριθμὸς
ἐπόγδοον ἔχων τὸν οβ᾽. τοῖς δ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνος λεγομένοις συμφωνότερόν ἐστιν ὑποθέσθαι τὸ ἥμισυ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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