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‘ ἄνθρωπον καὶ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν. ἔστιν οὖν ὅπως ἄν τις ἐξομολογήσαιτο σαφέστερον τἀναντία
λέγειν αὐτὸς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἢ οὗτος, ἃ δι᾽ ὑπερβολήν φησι πλάσματα δοκεῖν εἶναι καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον
καὶ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν λέγεσθαι, ταῦτα συμφωνεῖν τῷ βίῳ φάσκων καὶ μάλιστα τῶν ἐμφύτων ἅπτεσθαι προλήψεων;’
οὐσίαν κακοδαιμονίας ἀποφαίνει τὴν κακίαν,
ἐν παντὶ βιβλίῳ φυσικῷ καὶ ἠθικῷ γράφων καὶ διατεινόμενος ὅτι ‘τὸ κατὰ κακίαν ζῆν τῷ κακοδαιμόνως
ζῆν ταὐτόν ἐστιν:’ ἐν δὲ τῷ τρίτῳ περὶ Φύσεως ὑπειπὼν ὅτι ‘λυσιτελεῖ ζῆν ἄφρονα μᾶλλον,
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