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λίαν ἀσφαλεστάτη, καθὼς ὁρᾷς ὅτι ἡ ἀνδρεία
καὶ φρόνησις, σωφροσύνη τε καὶ δικαιοσύνη
δυσμετάβληταί εἰσιν, ἕξεις οὖσαι τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ
ποιότητες καὶ ἐνέργειαι διὰ βάθους κεχωρηκυῖαι.
εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάθη τῆς κακίας, οὐ φυσικὰ ἡμῖν ὄντα,
ἀλλ̓ ἔξωθεν ἐπεισελθόντα, ἡνίκα ἐν ἕξει γένωνται,
δυσμετάβλητά εἰσι, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἡ ἀρετή, καὶ
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φυσικῶς ἡμῖν ἐμφυτευθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ
καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπίκουρον ἔχουσα, εἰ, μικρὸν ἀγωνισαμένων
ἡμῶν, ἐν ἕξει ῥιζωθῇ τῇ ψυχῇ, δυσμετάβλητος ἔσται;
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