ἀρχὴ μεγίστη τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις κακῶνδυσκολαίνουσι. τοῦτο γὰρ εἶναι παρὰ τὴν ἔννοιαν αὐτοὶ δὲ τῶν κακῶν ἀρχὴν ἀγαθὸν ὄντα τὸν θεὸν ποιοῦσιν. ‘οὐ γὰρ ἥ γ᾽ ὕλη τὸ κακὸν ἐξ ἑαυτῆς ’
τὰ λίαν ἀγαθὰ
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τῶν καλῶν τούτων προσηγοριῶν, οὐδὲν ἔστι προσθεῖναι τοῖς οὖσι κακὸν οὔτ᾽ εἰς πλῆθος οὔτ᾽ εἰς μέγεθος ὡς οὗτοι λέγουσι, πάντων ἀνθρώπων
ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον ἀθλίως καὶ μοχθηρῶς βιούντων καὶ μηδὲ τῆς κακίας ἐπίδοσιν μηδ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν τῆς κακοδαιμονίας
δεχομένης.
οὐ μὴν ἐνταῦθα τὸ δεινότατόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ Μενάνδρῳ μὲν εἰπόντι θεατρικῶς
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