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οἵ τε πολλοὶ τὰ μικρὰ παιδία καταφιλοῦντες αὐτοὶ τε τῶν ὤτων ἅπτονται κἀκεῖνα τοῦτο ποιεῖν κελεύουσιν, αἰνιττόμενοι μετὰ παιδιᾶς ὅτι δεῖ φιλεῖν μάλιστα τοὺς διὰ τῶν ὤτων ὠφελοῦντας. ἐπεὶ ὅτι γε πάσης ἀκροάσεωσἀπειργόμενος; ὁ νέος καὶ λόγου μηδενὸς γευόμενος οὐ μόνον ἄκαρπος ὅλως καὶ ἀβλαστὴς διαμένει 1 πρὲις ἀρετήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διαστρέφοιτ᾽ ἂν πρὸς κακίαν, ὥσπερ ἐκ χώρας ἀκινήτου καὶ ἀργῆς ἄγρια πολλὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀναδιδούς, δῆλὸν ἐστι. τὰς γὰρ ἐφ᾽ ἡδονὴν ὁρμὰς καὶ πρὸς πόνον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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