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ἀναγκάζεται αὐτὸς καὶ τὰ ἐκείνου πράγματα,
τούτῳ ἄριστα παρεσκεύασται πρὸς τὸ ζῆν. εἰ δὲ
ἐπιτρέποι μηδεὶς μεταγράφειν μηδὲ ἐκτρέπειν
μηδὲ μεταλαμβάνειν τοὔνομα, ἀλλὰ ὥσπερ ἱερὸν
ἀρχαῖον κελεύοι μένειν ἐᾶν ἀκίνητον, οὐδὲ οὕτως
ἄλλο τι διανοεῖσθαι τὸν σοφὸν ἐροῦμεν. τὸ γὰρ
εἰς ἑαυτὸν οὐ δήπου τὸ σῶμά φησιν οὐδὲ τὰ
χρήματα οὐδὲ εὐγένειαν καὶ δόξαν πατέρων: ταῦτα
γὰρ αὐτοῦ μέν τινος οἰκεῖα κτήματα, οὐ μήν ἐστι
ταῦτα αὐτός: ἀλλὰ νοῦν καὶ φρόνησιν, φησί, καὶ
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