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‘ἀεὶ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖον τρί᾽ ἐλάχιστα εἶναι τὰ
πίπτοντα ἅμ᾽ εἰς τὴν ἀκοήν, φθόγγον τε καὶ χρόνον
καὶ συλλαβὴν ἢ γράμμα. συμβήσεται δ᾽ ἐκ τῆς μὲν κατὰ τὸν φθόγγον πορείας τὸ ἡρμοσμένον γνωρίζεσθαι,
ἐκ δὲ τῆς κατὰ χρόνον τὸν ῥυθμόν, ἐκ δὲ
τῆς κατὰ γράμμα ἢ συλλαβὴν τὸ λεγόμενον:
ὁμοῦ
δὲ προβαινόντων, ἅμα τὴν τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐπιφορὰν ἀναγκαῖον ποιεῖσθαι. ἀλλὰ μὴν κἀκεῖνο φανερόν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐνδέχεται, μὴ δυναμένης τῆς αἰσθήσεως χωρίζειν ἕκαστον τῶν εἰρημένων, παρακολουθεῖν τε δύνασθαι τοῖς καθ᾽ ἕκαστα καὶ συνορᾶν τὸ θ᾽ ἁμαρτανόμενον
ἐν ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ μή. πρῶτον οὖν περὶ συνεχείας γνωστέον. ἀναγκαῖον γάρ ἐστιν ὑπάρχειν τῇ κριτικῇ δυνάμει συνέχειαν τὸ γὰρ εὖ καὶ τὸ ἐναντίως οὐκ ἐν ἀφωρισμένοις τοῖσδέ τισι γίγνεται φθόγγοις ἢ χρόνοις ἢ γράμμασιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν
συνεχέσιν ἐπειδὴ μῖξίς τις ἔστι κατὰ τὴν, χρῆσιν
τῶν ἀσυνθέτων μερῶν. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς παρακολουθήσεως
τοσαῦτα.’
[p. 523]
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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