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ἐμμέλειαν ὀκτὼ γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν διπλασίων
καὶ τριπλασίων ὅροι λόγων, ἑκατέρᾳ προσαριθμουμένης μερίδι τῆς μονάδος. οἱ δὲ πρεσβύτεροι
Μούσας παρέδωκαν καὶ ἡμῖν ἐννέα, τὰς μὲν ὀκτὼ καθάπερ ὁ Πλάτων περὶ τὰ οὐράνια, τὴν δ᾽ ἐνάτην τὰ περίγεια κηλεῖν ἀνακαλουμένην καὶ καθιστᾶσαν ἐκ πλάνης καὶ διαφορᾶς ἀνωμαλίαν καὶ ταραχὴν ἐχούσης.
σκοπεῖτε δὲ μὴ τὸν μὲν οὐρανὸν ἄγει καὶ
τὰ οὐράνια ταῖς περὶ αὐτὴν ἐμμελείαις καὶ κινήσεσιν
ἡ ψυχὴ φρονιμωτάτη καὶ δικαιοτάτη γεγονυῖα: γέγονε δὲ τοιαύτη τοῖς καθ᾽ ἁρμονίαν λόγοις, ὧν εἰκόνες μὲν ὑπάρχουσιν εἰς τὰ ἀσώματα ἐν τοῖς
ὁρατοῖς καὶ ὁρωμένοις μέρεσι τοῦ κόσμου καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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