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λαμβάνει τὰ ὀκτὼ καὶ ἐφεξῆς τὰ κζ᾽ μονονουχὶ δεικνύων ἡμῖν, ἣν ἑκατέρῳ γένει χώραν ἀποδίδωσι. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἑτέροις προσήκει μᾶλλον ἐξακριβοῦν,
τὸ δ᾽ ἀπολειπόμενον οἰκεῖόν ἐστι τῆς ὑποκειμένης ἡμῖν πραγματείας.
οὐ
γὰρ ἐπίδειξιν ὁ Πλάτων θεωρίας μαθηματικῆς ποιούμενος εἰς φυσικὴν ὑπόθεσιν μὴ δεομένην
μεσότητας ἀριθμητικὰς καὶ ἁρμονικὰς παρεισήγαγεν,
ἀλλὰ ὡς μάλιστα δὴ τῇ συστάσει τῆς ψυχῆς
τοῦ λόγου τούτου προσήκοντος. καίτοι τινὲς μὲν
ἐν τοῖς τάχεσι τῶν πλανωμένων σφαιρῶν τινὲς δὲ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς ἀποστήμασιν ἔνιοι δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς μεγέθεσι
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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