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κόρου καὶ ὕβρεως καὶ πολυτελείας ἡδονὴν πεποίηνται
τὴν ἀνομίαν: εἶθ᾽ ὥσπερ ἔρως ἐν γυναιξὶν κόρον ἡδονῆς οὐκ ἐχούσαις, ἀποπειρώμενος πάντα καὶ
πλανώμενος ἀκολασταίνων ἐξέπεσεν εἰς τὰ ἄρρητα:
οὕτως αἱ περὶ τὴν ἐδωδὴν ἀκρασίαι τὸ φυσικὸν παρελθοῦσαι καὶ ἀναγκαῖον τέλος ἐν ὠμότητι καὶ
παρανομίᾳ ποικίλλουσι τὴν ὄρεξιν. συννοσεῖ γὰρ ἀλλήλοις τὰ αἰσθητήρια καὶ συναναπείθεται καὶ
[p. 113] συνακολασταίνει μὴ κρατοῦντα τῶν φυσικῶν μέτρων.
οὕτως ἀκοὴ νοσήσασα μουσικὴν διέφθειρεν, ἀφ᾽ ἧς
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