Letter 452: Forgetting does not happen outside the range of human experience — it falls upon us like other ailments.
Περὶ «.ἰήθης. Οὐχ ἐχτὸς ἀνθρωπίνου πάθους ἡ λήθη [συμθαί- νει] συμθαίνει δὲ ὅμω:, χαθάπερ χαὶ τὰ ἄλλα νοσή- ματα. "Ἔπεισι γὰρ τὰς ψυχὰς ὧν ἡ μνήμη χεχώρι- σται. ᾿Αλλὰ τότε φεύγει καὶ οἴχετα!, ὅταν π“ἰς αὐτὴν τοῖς τῆ; μνήμης ὅπλοις χαταγωνίσηται. Ἑπεὶ γοῦν ὅτε μὲν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἦσθα, μνήμην ἄληστον εἶχες τῆς ἀρετῆς " ἀποφοιτήσας, δὲ λήθῃ, ὡς ἐπυθόμεθα, ἐχδέ- δωχας σαυτόν" ἀναγχαῖον ψφήθημεν ταύτην χατατο-
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