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οὐ γὰρ ἄνουν 1 οὐδ᾽ 2 ἄψυχον οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ὁ
θεὸς ὑποχείριον: ἀπὸ τούτων δὲ τοὺς χρωμένοις 3 [p. 541] αὐτοῖς
δωρουμένους ἡμῖν καὶ παρέχοντας ἀέναα 4 καὶ διαρκῆ θεοὺς ἐνομίσαμεν, οὐχ
ἑτέρους παρ᾽ ἑτέροις οὐδὲ βαρβάρους καὶ Ἕλληνας οὐδὲ νοτίους καὶ
βορείους: ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη καὶ οὐρανὸς καὶ γῆ καὶ θάλασσα κοινὰ πᾶσιν, ὀνομάζεται δ᾽ ἄλλως ὑπ᾽
ἄλλων, οὕτως ἑνὸς λόγου τοῦ ταῦτα κοσμοῦντος καὶ μιᾶς προνοίας ἐπιτροπευούσης
καὶ δυνάμεων ὑπουργῶν ἐπὶ πάντα 5 τεταγμένων, ἕτεραι παρ᾽ ἑτέροις κατὰ
νόμους γεγόνασι τιμαὶ καὶ προσηγορίαι: καὶ
συμβόλοις χρῶνται καθιερωμένοις 6 οἱ μὲν ἀμυδροῖς οἱ δὲ τρανοτέροις, ἐπὶ
τὰ θεῖα τὴν νόησιν ὁδηγοῦντες οὐκ ἀκινδύνως. ἔνιοι γὰρ ἀποσφαλέντες
παντάπασιν εἰς δεισιδαιμονίαν ὤλισθον, οἱ δὲ φεύγοντες ὥσπερ ἕλος τὴν
δεισιδαιμονίαν ἔλαθον αὖθις ὥσπερ εἰς
κρημνὸν ἐμπεσόντες τὴν ἀθεότητα.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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