ἣλιος ὀξυβελὴς ἠδ᾽ ἱλάειρα σελήνη;τὸ ἐπαγωγὸν αὐτῆς καὶ ἱλαρὸν καὶ ἄλυπον οὕτω προσαγορεύσας: ἔπειτα λόγον ἀποδιδούς, καθ᾽ ὃν αἱ ’
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‘ ἔνδοξοι καὶ συνήθεις λόγοι μὴ πείθωσι, πειρᾶσθαι τῶν ἀτοπωτέρων καὶ μὴ καταφρονεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπᾴδειν
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ἀτεχνῶς ἑαυτοῖς τὰ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ διὰ πάντων
τἀληθὲς ἐξελέγχειν.’
‘ὁρᾷς γὰρ εὐθὺς, ὡς ἄτοπος ὁ λέγων τὸ φαινόμενον εἶδος ἐν τῇ σελήνῃ πάθος εἶναι τῆς ὄψεως,
ὑπεικούσης τῇ λαμπρότητι δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν, ὃ ... καλοῦμεν:
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γίγνεσθαι μᾶλλον, ὀξὺν ἀπαντῶντα καὶ πλήκτην
ὥς που καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς τὴν ἑκατέρων ἀποδίδωσιν
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