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λαμπρ Ἀλλ᾽ οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἀκούοντι τῶν ὀνομάτων
ἀλλόκοτόν τι φαίνεται δεινῶς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, τὸ φραζόμενον: ἔτι δὲ δέομαι μαθεῖν πῶς τοῦτο συμβαίνει.
διαδουμ Προσεκτέον οὖν σοι μᾶλλον. οὐ γὰρ τοῦ τυχόντος ἐστὶν αἴνιγμα συνιέναι ἄκουε δὴ καὶ
ἀποκρίνου. ἆρ᾽ οὖν τέλος ἐστὶ κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς τὸ εὐλογιστεῖν
ἐν ταῖς ἐκλογαῖς τῶν κατὰ φύσιν;
λαμπρ Λέγουσιν οὕτως.
διαδουμ Τὰ δὲ κατὰ φύσιν πότερον ὡς ἀγαθὰ ἐκλέγονται ἢ ὡς ἀξίας τινὰς ἔχοντα ἢ
προαγωγὰς ... τοῦτο πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἢ πρὸς ἕτερόν
τι τῶν ὄντων;
λαμπρ Οὐ νομίζω, ἀλλὰ πρὸς
τέλος.
διαδουμ. ἤδη τοίνυν ἀποκαλύψας ὅρα τὸ συμβαῖνον αὐτοῖς, ὅτι τέλος ἐστὶ τὸ εὐλογιστεῖν ἐν
ταῖς ἐκλογαῖς τῶν ἀξίαν ἐχόντων πρὸς τὸ
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εὐλογιστεῖν: ἄλλην γὰρ οὐσίαν τἀγαθοῦ καὶ τῆς εὐδαιμονίας
οὔτ᾽ ἔχειν φασὶν οὔτε νοεῖν οἱ ἄνδρες ἢ τὴν πολυτίμητον εὐλογιστίαν ταύτην περὶ τὰς ἐκλογὰς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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