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ἀπτόμενον ὑποθέσεως (οὐδὲν γὰρ λαμπρότερον τοῦ Ψυχὴν πεπλανημένην ἐπαναγαγεῖν εἰς τὴν τῆς ἀλη- θείας ὁδὸν) πλεονάζειν μὲν τῷ λόγῳ, ὅπου διατρί- ὄειν συμφέρει" παραδηλοῦν δὲ μόνον, ἔνθα τούτου εἴη χαιρός" χαὶ μεθοδεύειν μὲν, ὅπου μεταχειρήσεως χρεία" διαῤῥήδην δὲ λέγειν, ὅσα σαφῶς ῥηθῆναι πρεπωδέστατον. Μόλις γὰρ ταύταις ταῖς ἀρεταῖς τοῦ λόγου χρώμενος δυνηθείη ψυχὴν ὑπὸ τῶν παθῶν βε- δαπτισμένην ἀνιμήσασθαι. ΤΠ, --- ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΩ. Οοϊεείΐα εἐρτοιΐδ εαα εὶς σι τοπάα. Ομμιΐα ἰηῃ ἰογγὶ8, υα βου , πηυϊδιοπὶ βυηῖ - Ὡς φὴς, εἰ τῶν μὲν χαθ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἧἡ μεταδολὴ χυρία, ποχΐα; οὐἰοβιΐα υόγὸ "ορ ἰίθ). Ουδη) ἰφίίυγ οὉ Ὁ τὰ δὲ οὐράνια μεταδολῆῇῆς τυγχάνει χρείττονα " δι᾽ οδυβᾶπὶ, Υἱῦ βδρίθπϑ, Ὠ0Π ΘΟΠίΘΙἢΪ8 ἰΘγγθηᾷ, [ἃ ΨΘΓΟ Φίουηδ δηΐμηο Το οἰ ο ΓΒ δὲ ροῦν ἤγιη ΒΟ6ΓΠΊΟΙ) ἢ
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