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‘ τὴν διατύπωσιν εἶναι τοῦ σχήματος: τοῦτο
δὲ καὶ πρὸς Κλέαρχον, ὦ Ἀριστότελες, οὐκ ἀπιθάνως ἐδόκει λέγεσθαι τὸν ὑμέτερον ὑμέτερος γὰρ
ἁνήρ, Ἀριστοτέλους τοῦ παλαιοῦ γεγονὼς συνήθης,
εἰ καὶ πολλὰ τοῦ Περιπάτου παρέτρεψεν.’
ὑπολαβόντος δὲ τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίδου τὸν λόγον καὶ τίς ἦν ἡ δόξα τοῦ Κλεάρχου διαπυθομένου,
‘παντὶ μᾶλλον’ ἔφην ‘ἀγνοεῖν ἢ σοὶ προσῆκόν ἐστι
λόγον, ὥσπερ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας τῆς γεωμετρίας ὁρμώμενον: λέγει γὰρ ἁνὴρ εἰκόνας ἐσοπτρικὰς εἶναι καὶ εἴδωλα τῆς μεγάλης θαλάσσης ἐμφαινόμενα τῇ σελήνῃ τὸ
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