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ὁ θεῖος θεσμός: οἱ ξυνιέντες δὲ κοινούμεθα τοῖς
ἐπισταμένοις θεούς.
Ὑπὲρ δὲ ὧν ἐπιτρέπει χρῆσθαι λέγομεν τοσοῦτον,
ὡς οὐ πᾶσιν ἅπαντα, τὸ δυνατὸν δὲ ὁ θεῖος
νόμος τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ φύσει σκοπῶν ἐπέτρεψε
χρῆσθαι τουτοισὶ τοῖς πολλοῖς, οὐχ ἵνα πᾶσι
πάντες ἐξ ἀνάγκης χρησώμεθα: τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ
ἴσως οὐκ εὔκολον: ἀλλ̓ ὅπως ἐκείνῳ, ὅτῳ ἄρα
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