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πράττειν, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὑψηλὸν ἐξαρεῖν αὑτόν, σχηματισμοῦ καὶ φρονήματος κενοῦ ἄνευ νοῦ ἐμπιμπλάμενον;καὶ μάλ᾽, ἔφη.τῷ δὴ οὕτω διατιθεμένῳ ἐάν τις ἠρέμα προσελθὼν τἀληθῆ λέγῃ, ὅτι νοῦς οὐκ ἔνεστιν αὐτῷ, δεῖται δέ, τὸ δὲ οὐ κτητὸν μὴ δουλεύσαντι τῇ κτήσει αὐτοῦ, ἆρ᾽ εὐπετὲς οἴει εἶναι εἰσακοῦσαι διὰ τοσούτων κακῶν;πολλοῦ γε δεῖ, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς.ἐὰν δ᾽ οὖν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, διὰ τὸ εὖ πεφυκέναι καὶ τὸ συγγενὲς
Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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