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ἐρεῖ’ πόθεν οὖν ἔσχεν ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν ἀντιληπτικὴν τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ καὶ δοξαστικὴν ταύτην κίνησιν, ἑτέραν
τῆς νοητικῆς ἐκείνης καὶ τελευτώσης εἰς ἐπιστήμην,
ἔργον εἰπεῖν, μὴ θεμένους; βεβαίως ὅτι νῦν οὐχ
[p. 210] ἁπλῶς ψυχὴν ἀλλὰ κόσμου ψυχὴν συνίστησιν ἐξ ὑποκειμένης τῆς τε κρείττονος οὐσίας καὶ ἀμερίστου καὶ τῆς χείρονος, ἣν περὶ τὰ σώματα μεριστὴν κέκληκεν, οὐχ ἑτέραν οὖσαν ἢ τὴν δοξαστικὴν καὶ
φανταστικὴν καὶ συμπαθῆ τῶν αἰσθητῶν κίνησιν,
οὐ γενομένην ἀλλ᾽ ὑφεστῶσαν ἀίδιον, ὥσπερ ἡ ἑτέρα. τὸ γὰρ νοερὸν ἡ φύσις ἔχουσα καὶ τὸ
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