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‘τέρψις’ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τερπνοῦ: τὸ δὲ ‘τερπνὸν’ ἀπὸ τῆς διὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἕρψεως πνοῇ ἀπεικασθὲν κέκληται, ἐν δίκῃ μὲν ἂν ‘ἕρπνουν’ καλούμενον, ὑπὸ χρόνου δὲ ‘τερπνὸν’ παρηγμένον. ‘εὐφροσύνη’ δὲ οὐδὲν προσδεῖται τοῦ διότι ῥηθῆναι: παντὶ γὰρ δῆλον ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ εὖ τοῖς πράγμασι τὴν ψυχὴν συμφέρεσθαι τοῦτο ἔλαβε τὸ ὄνομα, ‘εὐφεροσύνην’ τό γε δίκαιον: ὅμως δὲ αὐτὸ καλοῦμεν ‘εὐφροσύνην.’ οὐδ᾽ ‘ἐπιθυμία’ χαλεπόν: τῇ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸν θυμὸν ἰούσῃ
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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