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ἐστι κἀμὲ βραχέως διελθεῖν,
προεκθέμενον τὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνος: ‘μίαν ἀφεῖλε τὸ πρῶτον ἀπὸ παντὸς μοῖραν, μετὰ δὲ ταύτην ἀφῄρει διπλασίαν ταύτης: τὴν δ᾽ αὖ τρίτην, ἡμιολίαν μὲν τῆς δευτέρας τριπλασίαν
δὲ τῆς πρώτης τετάρτην δὲ τῆς δευτέρας διπλῆν, πέμπτην δὲ τριπλῆν τῆς τρίτης, τὴν δ᾽ ἕκτην τῆς πρώτης ὀκταπλασίαν, ἑβδόμην δ᾽ ἑπτακαιεικοσαπλασίαν τῆς πρώτης. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνεπληροῦτο
τά τε διπλάσια καὶ τριπλάσια διαστήματα,
μοίρας ἔτι ἐκεῖθεν ἀποτέμνων καὶ τιθεὶς εἰς τὸ
’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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