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‘ τῷ παθητικῷ χρησαμένων. χρόνῳ δὲ κἀκείνας κατεδέξατο
εἰς αὑτὴν ἡ σελήνη καὶ κατεκόσμησεν, εἶτα τὸν νοῦν αὖθις ἐπισπείραντος τοῦ ἡλίου τῷ ζωτικῷ δεχομένη νέας ποιεῖ ψυχάς: ἡ δὲ γῆ
τρίτον σῶμα παρέσχεν. οὐδὲν γὰρ αὕτη δίδωσι μετὰ θάνατον
, ἢ ὅσα λαμβάνει πρὸς γένεσιν ἥλιος δὲ λαμβάνει μὲν οὐδὲν ἀπολαμβάνει δὲ τὸν νοῦν διδούς, σελήνη δὲ καὶ λαμβάνει καὶ δίδωσι
καὶ συντίθησι καὶ διαιρεῖ κατ᾽ ἄλλην καὶ ἄλλην
δύναμιν , ὧν Εἰλείθυια μὲν ἣ συντίθησιν Ἄρτεμις
δ᾽ ἣ διαιρεῖ, καλεῖται. καὶ τριῶν Μοιρῶν ἡ μὲν
Ἄτροπος περὶ τὸν ἣλιον ἱδρυμένη τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι τῆς γενέσεως, ἡ δὲ Κλωθὼ περὶ τὴν σελήνην φερομένη συνδεῖ καὶ μίγνυσιν: ἐσχάτη δὲ συνεφάπτεται
περὶ γῆν ἡ Λάχεσις, ᾗ πλεῖστον τύχης μέτεστι. τὸ γὰρ ἄψυχον ἄκυρον αὐτὸ καὶ παθητὸν
ὑπ᾽ ἄλλων, ὁ δὲ νοῦς ἀπαθὴς καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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