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αὐταῖς καὶ ἀποκρύπτειν τὴν ἁμαρτάδα οὔτε
οἱ πατέρες ὑπὲρ τῶν γαμετῶν καὶ τῶν ἐκγόνων
ἐπὶ τῇ κρίσει δειμαίνοντες, ἀτρεκὴς δέ ἐστι καὶ
ἀψευδὴς κριτής. ἡμᾶς δὲ δεκάζει μὲν πλοῦτος,
δεκάζει δὲ ἰσχὺς καὶ ὥρα σώματος καὶ δυναστεία
προγόνων ἔξωθεν ἐπισκιάζουσα, καὶ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπει
διορᾶν οὐδὲ ἀποβλέπειν ἐς τὴν ψυχήν, ᾗπερ δὴ τῶν
ἄλλων ζῴων διαφέροντες εἰκότως ἂν κατ̓ αὐτὸ τὴν
ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐγενείας ποιοίμεθα κρίσιν. καί μοι δοκοῦσιν
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