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‘οὐδέ γε προθυόμενοι καὶ καταστέφοντες ἱερεῖα καὶ κατασπένδοντες ἐναντία
τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ πράττομεν. οἱ γὰρ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὅσιοι 1 θύειν φασὶ 2 τὸ
ἱερεῖον καὶ κατασπένδειν καὶ τὴν κίνησιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν τρόμον
ἀποθεωρεῖν, ἑτέρου τίνος τοῦτο σημεῖον 3 ἢ
τοῦ θεμιστεύειν τὸν θεὸν λαμβάνοντες; δεῖ γὰρ τὸ θύσιμον τῷ τε σώματι καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ
καθαρὸν εἶναι καὶ ἀσινὲς καὶ ἀδιάφθορον. μήνυτρα 4 μὲν οὖν τῶν περὶ
τὸ σῶμα κατιδεῖν οὐ πάνυ χαλεπόν ἐστι; τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν δοκιμάζουσι, τοῖς
μὲν ταύροις ἄλφιτα τοῖς δὲ κάπροις
ἐρεβίνθους παρατιθέντες: τὸ γὰρ μὴ γευσάμενον ὑγιαίνειν οὐκ οἴονται.
τὴν δ᾽ αἶγα [p. 139] διελέγχειν τὸ ψυχρὸν ὕδωρ: οὐ γὰρ
εἶναι ψυχῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἐχούσης τὸ πρὸς τὴν κατάσπεισιν ἀπαθὲς καὶ
ἀκίνητον. ἐγὼ δέ, κἂν ᾖ βέβαιον ὅτι σημεῖόν ἐστι τοῦ θεμιστεύειν
τὸ σείσασθαι καὶ τοῦ μὴ θεμιστεύειν
τοὐναντίον, οὐχ ὁρῶ τί συμβαίνει δυσχερὲς ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῖς εἰρημένοις. πᾶσα γὰρ
δύναμις ὃ 5 πέφυκε σὺν καιρῷ βέλτιον ἢ χεῖρον ἀποδίδωσι τοῦ δὲ
καιροῦ διαφεύγοντος ἡμᾶς, σημεῖα διδόναι τὸν θεὸν εἰκός ἐστιν.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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