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ὑπερβάλλοντες τὸ
μέτριον ἢ προαπολείποντες. τοῦτ᾽ οὖν τοῦ
πρακτικοῦ λόγου κατὰ φύσιν ἔργον ἐστί, τὸ
ἐξαιρεῖν τὰς ἀμετρίας τῶν παθῶν καὶ
πλημμελείας. ὅπου μὲν γὰρ ὑπ᾽ ἀρρωστίας
καὶ μαλακίας ἢ δέους καὶ ὄκνου
προενδίδωσιν 1 ἡ ὁρμὴ καὶ προαπολείπει τὸ
καλόν, ἐνταῦθα πάρεστιν ἐξεγείρων καὶ
ἀναρριπίζων, ὅπου δὲ πάλιν ἐκφέρεται
ῥυεῖσα πολλὴ καὶ ἄτακτος, ἐκεῖ τὸ
σφοδρὸν ἀφαιρεῖ καὶ ἵστησιν. οὕτως δ᾽
ὁρίζων τὴν παθητικὴν κίνησιν ἐμποιεῖ τὰς
ἠθικὰς ἀρετὰς περὶ τὸ ἄλογον, ἐλλείψεως
καὶ ὑπερβολῆς μεσότητας οὔσας. οὐ γὰρ
ἅπασαν ἀρετὴν μεσότητι γίνεσθαι ῥητέον:
ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν ἀπροσδεὴς τοῦ
1 προενδίδωσιν Turnebus: προσενδίδωσιν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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