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ἐγὼ ‘καὶ κατὰ φύσιν, εἴ τι κρεῖττον ἐνταῦθα μετιόντες καὶ τελειότερον ἀνευρίσκουσιν, ὥσπερ
οἱ θεωρητικοὶ καὶ πολιτικοὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν. εἰ δ᾽ ἀκούεις αὐτῶν μαρτυρομένων καὶ βοώντων, ὡς ἐπ᾽
οὐδενὶ τῶν ὄντων πέφυκε χαίρειν καὶ γαληνίζειν
πλὴν ἐπὶ σώματος ἡδοναῖς παρούσαις ἢ προσδοκωμέναις,
καὶ τοῦτ᾽ αὐτῆς τἀγαθόν ἐστιν, ἆρ᾽
οὐ δοκοῦσί σοι διεράματι τοῦ σώματος χρῆσθαι τῇ
ψυχῇ,
καὶ καθάπερ οἶνον ἐκ πονηροῦ καὶ μὴ
παλαιοῦντες οἴεσθαι σεμνότερόν τι ποιεῖν καὶ τιμιὼτερον
ζειν πλὴν ἐπὶ σώματος ἡδοναῖς παρούσαις ἢ προσοὑ
δοκοῦσί σοι διεράματι τοῦ σώματος; χρῆσθαι τῇ
στέγοντος ἀγγείου τὴν ἡδονὴν διαχέοντες ἐνταῦθα καὶ
καίτοι γ᾽ οἶνον μὲν χρόνος διαχυθέντα
’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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