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ὁ μὲν οὖν ἡμέτερος λόγος, ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων εἰπεῖν, τοιοῦτός τις ἂν
εἴη: ὁ δὲ τούτων ἐναντίος οὐ μόνον ἐν εἱμαρμένῃ ἀλλὰ καὶ καθ᾽
εἱμαρμένην πάντα τίθεται. πάντα δὲ θατέρῳ συνᾴδει: τὰ δὲ τῷ ἑτέρῳ
συνῳδὰ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ θάτερον. κατὰ μὲν οὖν τόνδε τὸν λόγον τὸ ἐνδεχόμενον εἴρηται: καὶ τὸ γ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν δεύτερον:
καὶ τρίτον ἥ τε τύχη καὶ τὸ αὐτόματον καὶ ὅσα κατ᾽ αὐτά: ἔπαινος δὲ
καὶ ψόγος καὶ τὰ τούτων συγγενῆ τέταρτα πέμπτον δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν εὐχαὶ θεῶν καὶ
θεραπεῖαι λεγέσθω: ἀργοὶ δὲ καὶ θερίζοντες
λόγοι καὶ ὁ παρὰ τὴν εἱμαρμένην ὀνομαζόμενος σοφίσμαθ᾽ ὡς ἀληθῶς κατὰ
τοῦτον τὸν λόγον τυγχάνει ὄντα. κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἐναντίον μάλιστα μὲν καὶ
πρῶτον ἂν 1 εἶναι δόξειε, τὸ μηδὲν ἀναιτίως γίγνεσθαι ἀλλὰ κατὰ
προηγουμένας αἰτίας: δεύτερον δὲ τὸ φύσει
διοικεῖσθαι τόνδε τὸν κόσμον σύμπνουν καὶ συμπαθῆ αὐτὸν αὑτῷ ὄντα:
τρίτον δέ, ἃ 2 πρὸς τούτοις μαρτύρια μᾶλλον ἔοικεν εἶναι, μαντικὴ μὲν
ἅπασιν 3 ἀνθρώποις εὐδόκιμος ὡς ἀληθῶς θεῶν 4ὑπάρχουσα: ἡ δὲ τῶν σοφῶν πρὸς τὰ
συμβαίνοντα εὐαρέστησις, ὡς πάντα κατὰ
μοῖραν [p. 484] γιγνόμενα δευτέρα. 5 τρίτον δὲ τὸ πολυθρύλητον
τοῦτο, ὅτι πᾶν ἀξίωμα ἢ ἀληθές ἐστιν ἢ ψευδές. τούτων γε μὴν ἐπὶ
τοσοῦτον ἐμνήσθημεν, ἵνα ὡς ἐπὶ βραχὺ 6 τὰ τῆς εἱμαρμένης κεφάλαια
δηλωθείη 7 ἃ χρὴ διερευνήσασθαι κατὰ τὴν
ἀκριβῆ βάσανον ἑκατέρου τῶν λόγων, τὰ δὲ καθ᾽ ἕκαστα τούτων ἐσαῦθις
μέτιμεν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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