μὴ βάλῃ φοίνικας ἐκ χειρῶν ἱμάνταςκατὰ Σιμωνίδην. 2 ὅθεν οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὴν αὐτοτελῆ ἀξιοῦσι τὴν ἐγκράτειαν ἀλλ᾽ ἔλαττον 3 ἀρετῆς εἶναι: μεσότης [p. 159] γὰρ οὐ γέγονεν ἐκ συμφωνίας τοῦ χείρονος πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον οὐδ᾽ ἀνῄρηται τοῦ πάθους τὸ ὑπερβάλλον,
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ἀλύπως οὐδὲ πειθομένην ἀλλὰ
πλαγίαν καὶ ἀντιτείνουσαν, οἷον ὑπὸ
πληγῆς καὶ χαλινοῦ καταβιαζόμενος καὶ
ἀνακρούων, ἀγῶνος ὢν ἐν ἑαυτῷ καὶ
θορύβου μεστός: οἷον ὁ Πλάτων 1 ἐξεικονίζει
περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς; ὑποζύγια, τοῦ χείρονος
πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον ζυγομαχοῦντος ἅμα καὶ τὸν ἡνίοχον
διαταράττοντος, ἀντέχειν ὀπίσω καὶ
κατατείνειν ὑπὸ σπουδῆς ἀναγκαζόμενον ἀεὶ
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