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οἱ δὲ ὥσπερ δήμιοι τιμωροί τινες καὶ ἀποπληρωταὶ
τῶν δικασθέντων, ἕτερον τῶν φαύλων καὶ
ἀνοήτων δαιμόνων τὸ φῦλον: ἃ δὴ μιμητέον τῷ
γενναίῳ καὶ θεοφιλεῖ, καὶ μεταδοτέον πολλοῖς
μὲν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀρετῆς διὰ φιλίας ἐς ταύτην τὴν
κοινωνίαν προσληφθεῖσιν. ἀρχὰς δὲ ἐπιτρεπτέον
οἰκείας ἑκάστου τῇ φύσει καὶ προαιρέσει,
τῷ μὲν ἀνδρώδει καὶ τολμηρῷ καὶ μεγαλοθύμῳ
μετὰ ξυνέσεως στρατιωτικάς, ἵν̓ εἰς δέον ἔχῃ
τῷ θυμῷ χρῆσθαι καὶ τῇ ῥώμῃ, τῷ δικαίῳ δὲ καὶ
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