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ἐπιχειρῶσιν, ἀλώπεκα ποιοῦνται γνὡμθνα τῆς τοῦ πάγου στερρότητος: ἡσυχῆ γὰρ ὑπάγουσα [p. 38] παραβάλλει τὸ οὖς κἂν μὲν αἴσθηται ψόφῳ τοῦ ῥεύματος ἐγγὺς ὑποφερομένου, τεκμαιρομένη μὴ γεγονέναι διὰ βάθους τὴν πῆξιν ἀλλὰ λεπτὴν καὶ ἀβέβαιον ἵσταται, κἂν ἐᾷ τις, ἐπανέρχεται τῷ δὲ μὴ ψοφεῖν θαρροῦσα διῆλθε. καὶ τοῦτο μὴ λέγωμεν αἰσθήσεως ἄλογον ἀκρίβειαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ αἰσθήσεως συλλογισμὸν ὅτι ‘τὸ ψοφοῦν κινεῖται, τὸ δὲ κινούμενον οὐ πέπηγε, τὸ δὲ μὴ πεπηγὸς ὑγρόν ἐστι, τὸ δ᾽ ὑγρὸν ἐνδίδωσιν’ οἱ δὲ διαλεκτικοί φασι τὸν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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