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‘ ἀρχὴν τῆς κινήσεως
ἐνδιδόντος, ὡς ἑκάστη πέφυκε κινεῖσθαι τῶν προφητίδων. καὶ γὰρ εἰ
γράφειν ἔδει μὴ λέγειν τοὺς: χρησμούς, οὐκ ἂν οἶμαι τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ
γράμματα νομίζοντες ἐψέγομεν, ὅτι λείπεται καλλιγραφίᾳ 1 τῶν βασιλικῶν. οὐ γὰρ ἔστι θεοῦ ἡ
γῆρυς οὐδ᾽ ὁ φθόγγος οὐδ᾽ ἡ λέξις οὐδὲ
τὸ μέτρον ἀλλὰ τῆς γυναικός: ἐκεῖνος δὲ μόνας τὰς φαντασίας παρίστησι
καὶ φῶς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ποιεῖ πρὸς τὸ μέλλον: ὁ γὰρ ἐνθουσιασμὸς;
τοιοῦτόν ἐστι. καθόλου δ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὑμᾶς τοὺς τοῦ Ἐπικούρου προφήτας
（ δῆλος γὰρ εἶ καὶ αὐτὸς
ὑποφερόμενος） οὐκ ἔστι διαφυγεῖν, ’
1 ita Abreschius: καλλιγραφία
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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