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‘διὰ τί τὴν γαμουμένην ἅπτεσθαι πυρὸς καὶ ὕδατος κελεύουσι’ πότερον
τούτων ὡς ἐν στοιχείοις καὶ ἀρχαῖς τὸ μὲν ἄρρεν ἐστὶ τὸ δὲ θῆλυ, καὶ
τὸ μὲν ἀρχὰς κινήσεως ἐνίησι τὸ δ᾽ ὑποκειμένου καὶ ὕλης 1 δύναμιν: διότι τὸ πῦρ καθαίρει καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ
ἁγνίζει, δεῖ δὲ καθαρὰν καὶ ἁγνὴν διαμένειν τὴν γαμηθεῖσαν; ὅτι,
καθάπερ τὸ πῦρ χωρὶς ὑγρότητος ἄτροφόν ἐστι καὶ ξηρὸν τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ
ἄνευ θερμότητος ἄγονον καὶ ἀργόν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἄρρεν ἀδρανὲς καὶ τὸ θῆλυ χωρὶς ἀλλήλων ἡ 2 δὲ σύνοδος ἀμφοῖν ἐπιτελεῖ τοῖς
γήμασι τὴν συμβίωσιν; ἢ οὐκ
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