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‘ τοιαύτην ἔχοντι
περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ δόξαν: ὥστε ταυτὶ μὲν τὰ προγεγραμμένα τῶν σοφῶν τό
‘γνῶθι σαυτόν
’ καὶ τὸ ‘μηδὲν ἄγαν’ ἀποδέχεσθε καὶ θαυμάζειν 1 οὐχ ἣκιστα διὰ
τὴν βραχυλογίαν ὡς πυκνὸν καὶ σφυρήλατον νοῦν ἐν ὀλίγῳ περιέχουσαν
ὄγκῳ, τοὺς δὲ χρησμοὺς ὅτι συντόμως καὶ ἁπλῶς καὶ δι᾽ [p. 66] εὐθείας τὰ πλεῖστα φράζουσιν αἰτιᾶσθε. καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα
μὲν ἀποφθέγματα τῶν σοφῶν ταὐτὸν τοῖς εἰς στενὸν συνθλιβεῖσι πέπονθε
ῥεύμασιν οὐ γὰρ ἔχει τοῦ νοῦ δίοψιν οὐδὲ διαύγειαν, 2 ἀλλ᾽ ἐὰν
σκοπῇς τί γέγραπται καὶ λέλεκται περὶ
αὐτῶν τοῖς ὅπως ἕκαστον ἔχει βουλομένοις καταμαθεῖν, οὐ ῥᾳδίως
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1 ἀποδέχεσθε καὶ θαυμάζετε R: ἀποδέχεσθαι καὶ θαυμάζειν
2 διαύγειαν supplevit Turnebus lacunam codd. (11 litt. in E)
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