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εἶναι, πότερον οὐ γελοῖός ἐστιν ὁ μέρη
νομίσας ὄνυχας ἢ τρίχας ἢ ῥύπον καὶ τὰ δυσώδη
τῶν περιττωμάτων, ἀλλ̓ οὐ τὰ τιμιώτατα καὶ
σπουδαῖα, πρῶτον μὲν τὰ αἰσθητήρια καὶ τούτων
αὐτῶν ἅττα συνέσεως ἡμῖν ἐστι μᾶλλον αἴτια,
οἷον ὀφθαλμούς, ἀκοάς; ὑπουργεῖ γὰρ ταῦτα
πρὸς φρόνησιν εἴτε ἐγκατορωρυγμένῃ τῇ ψυχῇ,
ὡς ἂν θᾶττον καθαρθεῖσα δύναιτο τῇ καθαρᾷ
χρῆσθαι καὶ ἀκινήτῳ τοῦ φρονεῖν δυνάμει, εἴτε,
ὥσπερ τινὲς οἴονται, καθάπερ δἰ ὀχετῶν τοιούτων
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