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ὅθεν οὐκ ἀπὸ τρόπου μυθολογοῦσι τὴν Ὀσίριδος ψυχὴν ἀίδιον εἶναι καὶ
ἄφθαρτον, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πολλάκις διασπᾶν καὶ ἀφανίζειν τὸν Τυφῶνα: τὴν δ᾽
Ἶσιν πλανωμένην καὶ ζητεῖν 1 καὶ συναρμόττειν πάλιν. τὸ γὰρ ὂν καὶ
νοητὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν φθορᾶς καὶ μεταβολῆς
κρεῖττόν ἐστιν: ἃς 2 δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸ αἰσθητὸν καὶ σωματικὸν εἰκόνας
ἐκμάττεται , καὶ λόγους καὶ εἴδη καὶ ὁμοιότητας ἀναλαμβάνει, καθάπερ ἐν
κηρῷ σφραγῖδες οὐκ ἀεὶ διαμένουσιν, ἀλλὰ καταλαμβάνει τὸ ἄτακτον αὐτὰς
καὶ ταραχῶδες ἐνταῦθα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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