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μὴ φθαρτὸν ἄφθαρτον, οὕτω τὸ μὴ πεπερασμένον ἄπειρον νοοῦμεν, ὅμοιόν ἐστιν, οἶμαι, τῷ τὸ σῶμα
εἶναι μήτ᾽ ἐκ πεπερασμένων μήτ᾽ ἐξ ἀπείρων καὶ
λόγον εἶναι μήτ᾽ ἐξ ἀληθῶν λημμάτων μήτ᾽ ἐκ ψευδῶν μήτ᾽ ἐξ ...
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις ἐπινεανιευόμενός φησι ‘τῆς πυραμίδος ἐκ τριγώνων συνισταμένης τὰς πλευρὰς κατὰ τὴν συναφὴν ἐγκεκλιμένας ἀνίσους μὲν εἶναι,
μὴ ὑπερέχον δ᾽ ᾗ μείζονές εἰσιν’ οὕτως ἐτήρει τὰς ἐννοίας. εἰ γὰρ ἔστι τι μεῖζον καὶ μὴ ὑπερέχον,
ἔσται τι μικρότερον καὶ μὴ ἐλλεῖπον: ὥστε καὶ
ἄνισον μήθ᾽ ὑπερέχον μήτ᾽ ἐλλεῖπον, τουτέστιν ἴσον
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τὸ ἄνισον καὶ οὐ μεῖζον τὸ μεῖζον οὐδὲ μικρότερον
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