πρῶτον μέν: corresponds to πάλιν δέ in 3. πυνθανομένου τινός: on some one's raising the question. Θεμιστοκλῆς: see on ii.6.13. διὰ συνουσίαν τινὸς τῶν σοφῶν: cf. σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῶν σοφῶν ξυνουσίᾳ Soph. Fr. 12. κινεῖν: to draw out, lit. to stir. τὰς τέχνας: acc. of specification with σπουδαίους skilled. ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου: equivalent to φύσει above. Cf. λέγεται (ὁ Περικλῆς) ... οὐκ ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου σοφὸς γεγονέναι, ἀλλὰ πολλοῖς καὶ σοφοῖς συγγεγονέναι Plato Alc. I, 118 C. So Demosthenes (xviii. 205) speaks of τὸν ταὐτόματον θάνατον, i.e. natural death.
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