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μὴ τρόπον τινὰ διττοῦ πεφυκότος
ἑκάστου καὶ τὸ μὲν χεῖρον ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸ
βέλτιον ἔχοντος; οὕτω γὰρ ὁ μὲν τοῦ
βελτίονος ὑπηκόῳ τῷ χείρονι χρώμενος
ἐγκρατὴς
ἑαυτοῦ καὶ κρείττων ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ τῷ
ἀκολάστῳ καὶ ἀλόγῳ τῆς ψυχῆς ἑπόμενον
περιορῶν καὶ ὑπηρετοῦν τὸ κρεῖττον ἥττων
ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἀκρατὴς λέγεται καὶ παρὰ φύσιν
διακείμενος. φύσει γὰρ προσήκει θεῖον ὄντα
τὸν λογισμὸν ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ ἄρχειν τοῦ ἀλόγου, τοῦ τὴν
γένεσιν αὐτόθεν ἔχοντος
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