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οὐ
γὰρ ἔστιν ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ χαλεπωτέρας καὶ βαρυτέρας
ὑποθέσεις ἐν ἁπλουστέροις λαβεῖν καὶ καθαρωτέροις
στοιχείοις γραφομένας, καὶ τοῦθ᾽ οἱ μὲν
εὐφυΐᾳ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς προσάπτουσιν, οἱ δὲ ὑπερβολῇ
τινι πόνου νομίζουσιν ἀπόνως πεποιημένῳ καὶ
ῥᾳδίως ἕκαστον ἐοικὸς γεγονέναι: ζητῶν μὲν γὰρ
οὐκ ἄν τις εὕροι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀπόδειξιν, ἅμα δὲ
τῇ μαθήσει παρίσταται δόξα τοῦ κἂν αὐτὸν
εὑρεῖν οὕτω λείαν ὁδὸν ἄγει1 καὶ ταχεῖαν ἐπὶ τὸ δεικνύμενον.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 5.
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