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κύκλων καὶ τὰ τάχη τῶν περιφορῶν, ὥσπερ ὄργανα
ἐν τεταγμένοις λόγοις ἔχειν ἐμμέτρως πρὸς ἄλληλα
καὶ πρὸς τὸ ὅλον, εἰ καὶ τὸ ποσὸν ἡμᾶς τοῦ μετρίου διαπέφευγε: τῶν μέντοι λόγων ἐκείνων, οἷς ὁ
δημιουργὸς ἐχρήσατο, καὶ τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἔργον ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν αὐτῆς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐμμέλειαν καὶ ἁρμονίαν πρὸς αὑτήν, ὑφ᾽ ἧς καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐγγενομένη
μυρίων ἀγαθῶν ἐμπέπληκε, καὶ τὰ περὶ γῆν
ὥραις καὶ μεταβολαῖς μέτρον ἐχούσαις ἄριστα καὶ κάλλιστα πρός τε γένεσιν καὶ σωτηρίαν τῶν γιγνομένων διακεκόσμηκεν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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