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μέγιστος ἦν ὅρκος, ὡς τεθρύληται, καὶ κόσμος ὠνόμασται,
τεσσάρων μὲν ἀρτίων τῶν πρώτων, τεσσάρων δὲ τῶν περισσῶν εἰς ταὐτὸ 1
συντιθεμένων, ἀποτελούμενος. 2
εἴπερ οὖν οἱ δοκιμώτατοι τῶν φιλοσόφων οὐδ᾽ ἐν ἀψύχοις καὶ ἀσωμάτοις
πράγμασιν αἴνιγμα 3 τοῦ θείου κατιδόντες; ἠξίουν ἀμελεῖν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽
ἀτιμάζειν, ἔτι μᾶλλον οἴομαι τὰς ἐν αἰσθανομέναις καὶ ψυχὴν ἐχούσαις
καὶ πάθος καὶ ἦθος φύσεσιν ἰδιότητας
ἀγαπητέον 4 οὖν, 5 οὐ ταῦτα τιμῶντας, ἀλλὰ διὰ τούτων τὸ θεῖον, ὡς
ἐναργεστέρων ἐσόπτρων καὶ
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