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ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς τάδε ἄμφω ἐκεῖνα ἔχω εἰπεῖν, ὅτι οἱ μὲν ἀστέρες ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τὴν σφετέρην εἱλέονται, πάρεργον δὲ σφίσι τῆς κινήσιος τῶν κατ᾽ ἡμέας ἕκαστον ἐπιγίγνεται. ἢ ἐθέλεις ἵππου μὲν θέοντος καὶ ὀρνίθων καὶ ἀνδρῶν κινεομένων ^
λίθους ἀνασαλεύεσθαι καὶ κάρφεα δονέεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνέμων τοῦ δρόμου, ὑπὸ δὲ τῇ δίνῃ τῶν ἀστέρων μηδὲν ἄλλο γίγνεσθαι ; καὶ ἐκ μὲν
ὀλίγου πυρὸς ἀπορροίη ἐς ἡμέας ἔρχεται, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ δι᾽ ἡμέας καίει τι οὐδέ οἱ μέλει τοῦ ἡμετέρου θάλπεος, ἀστέρων δὲ οὐδεμίην ἀπορροίην δεχόμεθα ; καὶ μέντοι τῇ ἀστρολογίῃ τὰ μὲν φαῦλα ἐσθλὰ ποιῆσαι ἀδύνατά ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἀλλάξαι τι τῶν ἀπορρεόντων πρηγμάτων, ἀλλὰ τοὺς χρεομένους τάδε ὠφελέει: τὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ εἰδότας ἀπιξόμενα ^ πολλὸν ἀπόπροσθεν εὐφρανέει, τὰ δὲ φαῦλα εὐμαρέως δέχονται: οὐ γάρ σφισιν ἀγνοέουσιν ἐπέρχεται, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν μελέτῃ καὶ προσδοκίῃ
ῥηίδια καὶ πρηέα ἡγεῖται. τάδε ἀστρολογίης πέρι ἐγὼν ὑπολαμβάνω.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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