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καὶ γὰρ αἰσθέσθαι διὰ τῆς ἀκοῆς ἡδίους τῶν ἁλῶν
καὶ θρέψαι ψυχὴν ξὺν ἡδονῇ καὶ καθῆραι θαυμαστοί:
ὥστε οὐκ ἀποκνητέον οὐδὲ εὐλαβητέον
τὸν ψόγον, εἴ τις ἄρα καταμέμφοιτο τὴν ἀπληστίαν,
καὶ ὅτι παντὸς ἐπιδραττόμεθα ὥσπερ ἐν
τοῖς συμποσίοις οἱ λίχνοι τῶν ἐδωδίμων ἁπάντων,
οὐχ ὑπομένοντες τὸ μὴ τῶν προκειμένων
ἅψασθαι. τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ τρόπον τινὰ καὶ ἡμῖν ἔοικε
συμβαίνειν, ἐπαίνους ἅμα καὶ δόγματα ᾄδειν καὶ
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