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τί πρὸς τοσαύτην ἀναισχυντίαν εἴποιμι ἄν, ὦ Δᾶμι;
Δάμις
ἐκεῖνο, ὦ Τιμόκλεις, ὃ πάλαι ἐγὼ ἐπόθουν
ἀκοῦσαί σου, ὅπως ἐπείσθης οἴεσθαι προνοεῖν τοὺς θεοὺς
Τιμοκλῆς
ἡ τάξις με πρῶτον τῶν γινομένων ἔπεισεν,
ὁ ἥλιος ἀεὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἰὼν καὶ σελήνη κατὰ
ταὐτὰ καὶ ὧραι τρεπόμεναι καὶ φυτὰ φυόμενα καὶ ζῷα γεννώμενα καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα οὕτως εὐμηχάνως
κατεσκευασμένα ὡς τρέφεσθαι καὶ κινεῖσθαι καὶ ἐννοεῖν καὶ βαδίζειν καὶ τεκταίνεσθαι καὶ
σκυτοτομεῖν καὶ τἆλλα: ταῦτα προνοίας ἔργα εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ.
Δάμις
αὐτό που τὸ ζητούμενον, ὦ Τιμόκλεις,
συναρπάζεις: οὐδέπω γὰρ δῆλον εἰ προνοίᾳ τούτων
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ἕκαστον ἀποτελεῖται. ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι μὲν τοιαῦτά ἐστι
τὰ γινόμενα φαίην ἂν καὶ αὐτός: οὐ μὴν αὐτίκα
πεπεῖσθαι ἀνάγκη καὶ ὑπό τινος προμηθείας αὐτὰ γίγνεσθαι: ἔνι γὰρ καὶ ἄλλως ἀρξάμενα νῦν ὁμοίως καὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ συνίστασθαι, σὺ δὲ τάξιν αὐτῶν ὀνομάζεις τὴν ἀνάγκην, εἶτα δηλαδὴ ἀγανακτήσεις εἲ τίς σοι μὴ ἀκολουθοίη τὰ γινόμενα μὲν ὁποῖά ἐστι καταριθμουμένῳ καὶ ἐπαινοῦντι, οἰομένῳ δὲ ἀπόδειξιν ταῦτα εἶναι τοῦ καὶ
προνοίᾳ διατάττεσθαι αὐτῶν ἕκαστον. ὥστε κατὰ
τὸν κωμικὸν τουτὶ μὲν ὑπομόχθηρον, ἄλλο μοι λέγε.
Τιμοκλῆς
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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