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ἐξομνύμενος φαίνεται τὰ ξυγγράμματα. ‘Οὐ γάρ
ἐστι Πλάτωνος,’ φησί, ‘ζύγγραμμα οὐδὲν οὐδ̓
ἔσται, τὰ δὲ νῦν φερόμενά ἐστι Σωκράτους, ἀνδρὸς
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καλοῦ καὶ νέου.’ τί οὖν ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων
τοῦ Διογένους σκοποῦμεν αὐτὸν τὸν Κυνισμόν, ὅστις ἐστιν;
Οὐκοῦν ἐπειδὴ σώματος μέρη μέν ἐστιν,
οἷον ὀφθαλμοί, πόδες, χεῖρες, ἄλλα δὲ ἐπισυμβαίνει,
τρίχες, ὄνυχες, ῥύπος, τοιούτων περιττωμάτων
γένος, ὧν ἄνευ σῶμα ἀνθρώπινον ἀμήχανον
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