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καὶ ὕδωρ οὔθ᾽ ἑαυτὰ συνέχειν οὔθ᾽ ἕτερα, πνευματικῆς
δὲ μετοχῇ καὶ πυρώδους δυνάμεως τὴν
ἑνότητα διαφυλάττειν ἀέρα δὲ καὶ πῦρ αὑτῶν τ᾽ εἶναι δι᾽ εὐτονίαν ἐκτατικά, καὶ τοῖς δυσὶν ἐκείνοις ἐγκεκραμένα τόνον παρέχειν καὶ τὸ μόνιμον καὶ οὐσιῶδες. πῶς οὖν ἔτι γῆ στοιχεῖον ἢ ὕδωρ, εἰ
μήθ᾽ ἁπλοῦν μήτε πρῶτον μήθ᾽ αὑτῷ διαρκές, ἀλλ᾽
ἐνδεὲς ἔξωθεν εἰς ἀεὶ τοῦ συνέχοντος ἐν τῷ εἶναι καὶ σῴζοντος; οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐσίας αὐτῶν ἐπίνοιαν ἀπολελοίπασιν, ἀλλὰ πολλὴν ἔχει ταραχὴν καὶ ἀσάφειαν
οὕτως ὁ λόγος λεγόμενος τῆς γῆς τινὸς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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