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τὸ φαιόν: καὶ τὸ περιέχον καὶ
περιεχόμενον τοῦ περιεχομένου καὶ
περιέχοντος, ὡς τῶν δώδεκα καὶ τεττάρων τὰ
ὀκτώ: καὶ τὸ μηδετέρου τῶν ἄκρων μετέχον,
ὡς ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ τὸ
ἀδιάφορον）, τούτων μὲν οὐδενὶ τῶν
τρόπων ἡ ἀρετὴ προσρητέα μεσότης. οὔτε γὰρ μῖγμα
τῶν κακιῶν ἐστιν οὔτ᾽ ἐμπεριέχουσα
τοὔλαττον ἐμπεριέχεται τῷ πλεονάζοντι τοῦ
προσήκοντος: οὔτ᾽ ἀπήλλακται παντάπασι τῶν
παθητικῶν ὁρμῶν, ἐν αἷς τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ
ἧττον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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