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ὥσπερ αὖ πάλιν πρὸς ὀργώντων καὶ διακαομένων ἐκθρώσκοντα πολλὰ καὶ ταχὺ κομιζόμενα τὰς ἐμφάσεις νεαρὰς καὶ σημαντικὰς ἀποδίδωσιν.
εἶτα διαβλέψας πρὸς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Αὐτόβουλον καὶ μειδιάσας ‘ἀλλ᾽ ὁρῶ’ εἶπεν ‘ὑμᾶς οἵους τ᾽ ὄντας ἤδη σκιαμαχεῖν πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα καὶ δόξῃ παλαιᾷ καθάπερ γραφῇ προσφέροντας ἁφὴν 1 οἴεσθαί τι ποιεῖν’ καὶ ὁ Αὐτόβουλος ‘παῦε ποικίλλων 2’ ἔφη ‘πρὸς ἡμᾶς οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοοῦμεν, ὅτι τὴν Ἀριστοτέλους δόξαν εὐδοκιμῆσαι βουλόμενος ὥσπερ σκιὰν αὐτῇ τὴν Δημοκρίτου παραβέβληκας. ἐπ᾽ 3 ἐκείνην οὖν τρεψόμεθα κἀκείνῃ 4 μαχούμεθα κατηγορούσῃ 5 τῶν ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.
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