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‘ καὶ εἲ τίς που τυραννίδος ἀξιολόγου κύριος ὢν τυγχάνει: πρότερον δὲ τούς τε Λυδῶν καὶ τοὺς Μήδων καὶ ἔτι ἀνώτερον καὶ τοὺς Σύρων οἷς οὐδὲν γένος ἡδονῆς ἀζήτητον γενέσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ δῶρα παρὰ τοῖς Πέρσαις προκεῖσθαι λέγεται τοῖς δυναμένοις ἐξευρίσκειν καινὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ μάλα ὀρθῶς, ταχὺ γὰρ ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη φύσις ἐμπίπλαται τῶν χρονιζουσῶν ἡδονῶν, κἂν ὦσιν σφόδρα διηκριβωμέναι: ὥστε ἐπεὶ μεγάλην ἔχει δύναμιν ἡ καινότης πρὸς τὸ μείζω φανῆναι τὴν ἡδονήν, οὐκ
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