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ἐνδόξοις οἷόν ἐστι, καὶ τὸ τοῦ Πιττακοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα
Λυδῶν πυνθανόμενον εἰ χρήματ᾽ ἔστιν αὐτῷ, ‘διπλάσι᾽’ εἶπεν ‘ἢ 1
ἐβουλόμην, τἀδελφοῦ τεθνηκότος.’ ἐπεὶ
δ᾽ οὐ μόνον ἐν χρημάτων κτήσει καὶ μειώσει τῷ πλείονι 2 πολέμιον καθίσταται
τοὔλασσον ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς, ᾗ 3 φησιν ὁ Πλάτων 4 ἐν μὲν ἀνωμαλίᾳ κίνησιν ἐν δ᾽
ὁμαλότητι στάσιν ἐγγίγνεσθαι καὶ μονήν, οὕτω πᾶσα μὲν ἀνισότης
ἐπισφαλής ἐστι πρὸς διαφορὰν ἀδελφῶν, ἐν
πᾶσι δ᾽ ἴσους γενέσθαι καὶ ὁμαλοὺς ἀδύνατον: τὰ μὲν γὰρ αἱ φύσεις
εὐθὺς ἀνίσως νέμουσι, τὰ δ᾽ ὕστερον αἱ τύχαι
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