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‘ ἢ
χάριτος ἢ χρηστότητος ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἄλλους;. ὥστ᾽ οὐκ εἰκὸς ἄφιλον
οὐδ᾽ ἀγείτονα τόνδ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἄμικτον ἐν ἀπείρῳ κενῷ τὸν κόσμον
σαλεύειν: ἐπεὶ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ὁρῶμεν τὰ
1 καθ᾽ ἕκαστα γένεσιν καὶ εἴδεσιν
οἷον ἀγγείοις 2 ἢ
περικαρπίοις σπέρματος περιέχουσαν. οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν ἀριθμῷ τῶν ὄντων
ἔστιν, 3 οὗ γε μὴ 4 λόγος ὑπάρχει κοινός, οὐδὲ τυγχάνει τῆς
τοιᾶσδε προσηγορίας ὃ μὴ κοινῶς ποιὸν 5 ἢ 6 ἰδίως
ἐστίν. ὁ δὲ κόσμος οὐ λέγεται κοινῶς
εἶναι ποιός: ἰδίως τοίνυν 7
ποιός 8
ἐστιν ἐκ διαφορᾶς τῆς πρὸς ἄλλα συγγενῆ καὶ ὁμοειδῆ 9 γεγονὼς τοιοῦτος. εἰ γὰρ οὔτ᾽ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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