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, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνακειμένην ἀμφοῖν ἐκείναις,
ἐφιεμένην δὲ τῆς ἀμείνονος ἀεὶ καὶ ποθοῦσαν καὶ διώκουσαν, ὡς τὰ
ἐπιόντα δηλώσει τοῦ λόγου, τὴν Αἰγυπτίων θεολογίαν μάλιστα ταύτῃ τῇ
φιλοσοφίᾳ συνοικειοῦντος.
μεμιγμένη γὰρ ἡ τοῦδε τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις καὶ σύστασις ἐξ ἐναντίων, οὐ
μὴν ἰσοσθενῶν, δυνάμεων, ἀλλὰ τῆς βελτίονος τὸ κράτος ἐστίν: ἀπολέσθαι
δὲ τὴν φαύλην παντάπασιν ἀδύνατον, πολλὴν
μὲν ἐμπεφυκυῖαν τῷ σώματι, πολλὴν δὲ τῇ ψυχῇ τοῦ παντὸς καὶ πρὸς τὴν
βελτίονα ἀεὶ 1 δυσμαχοῦσαν. ἐν μὲν οὖν τῇ ψυχῇ νοῦς καὶ λόγος ὁ τῶν
ἀρίστων πάντων ἡγεμὼν καὶ κύριος Ὄσιρίς ἐστιν: ἐν δὲ γῇ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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