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τῶν ἀστέρων, οἱ δ᾽ ἄγαν ἀκριβοῦν δοκοῦντες ἐν
ταῖς τῶν ἐπικύκλων διαμέτροις ζητοῦσι τὰς εἰρημένας
ἀναλογίας, ὡς τὴν ψυχὴν ἕνεκα τούτων τοῦ δημιουργοῦ τοῖς οὐρανίοις ἐναρμόσαντος, εἰς ἑπτὰ μοίρας νενεμημένην. πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ τὰ Πυθαγορικὰ δεῦρο μεταφέρουσιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου τὰς τῶν σωμάτων
ἀποστάσεις τριπλασιάζοντες: γίγνεται δὲ τοῦτο κατὰ μὲν τὸ πῦρ μονάδος τιθεμένης, κατὰ δ᾽ ἀντίχθονα τριῶν, κατὰ δὲ γῆν ἐννέα καὶ κατὰ σελήνην εἰκοσιεπτά, καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἑρμοῦ μιᾶς καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα, κατὰ δὲ Φωσφόρον τριῶν καὶ μ᾽ καὶ σ᾽, κατ᾽
[p. 201] αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν ἥλιον θ᾽ καὶ κ᾽ καὶ ψ᾽, ὅστις ἅμα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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