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δὲ τὸ τὴν ψυχὴν ἰδέαν ποιεῖν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ
ἀεικίνητος ἡ δ᾽ ἀκίνητος, καὶ ἡ μὲν ἀμιγὴς πρὸς
τὸ αἰσθητὸν ἡ δὲ τῷ σώματι συνειργμένη: πρὸς δὲ
τούτοις ὁ θεὸς τῆς μὲν ἰδέας ὡς παραδείγματος γέγονε μιμητής, τῆς δὲ ψυχῆς ὥσπερ ἀποτελέσματος δημιουργός. ὅτι δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀριθμὸν ὁ Πλάτων τὴν οὐσίαν τίθεται τῆς ψυχῆς ἀλλὰ ταττομένην ὑπ᾽
ἀριθμοῦ, προείρηται.
πρὸς δ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις τούτοις κοινόν ἐστι τὸ μήτε τοῖς πέρασι μήτε τοῖς ἀριθμοῖς μηθὲν ἴχνος
ἐνυπάρχειν ἐκείνης τῆς δυνάμεως, ᾗ τὸ αἰσθητὸν ἡ ψυχὴ πέφυκε κρίνειν. νοῦν μὲν γὰρ αὐτῇ καὶ
νοητικὸν ἡ τῆς νοητῆς μέθεξις ἀρχῆς; ἐμπεποίηκε,
δόξας δὲ καὶ πίστεις καὶ τὸ φανταστικὸν καὶ τὸ
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