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ἐπεὶ καὶ τῆς μανίας αὐτῆς μυρία εἴδη ἐστὶν καὶ παμπόλλας ἔχει τὰς αἰτίας καὶ οὐδὲ τὰς
προσηγορίας αὐτὰς ὁμοίας: οὐ γὰρ ταὐτὸν παρανοεῖν καὶ
παραπαίειν καὶ λυττᾶν καὶ μεμηνέναι, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα
πάντα τοῦ μᾶλλον ἢ ἧττον ἔχεσθαι τῇ νόσῳ ὀνόματά ἐστιν. αἰτίαι τε τοῖς μὲν ἀνδράσιν ἄλλαι, ταῖς δὲ γυναιξὶν ἕτεραι, καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτῶν τοῖς μὲν νέοις ἄλλαι, τοῖς δὲ γεγηρακόσιν διάφοροι, οἷον νέοις μὲν πλῆθος ^ ὡς τὸ πολύ, γέροντας δὲ καὶ διαβολὴ
ἄκαιρος καὶ ὀργὴ ἄλογος πολλάκις κατ᾽ οἰκείων ἐμπεσοῦσα τὸ μὲν πρῶτον διετάραξεν, εἶτα κατ᾽
ὀλίγον ἐς μανίαν περιέτρεψεν. γυναικῶν δὲ πολλὰ καθικνεῖται καὶ ῥᾳδίως ἐς τὴν νόσον ἐπάγεται, μάλιστα δὲ μῖσος κατά τινος πολὺ ἢ φθόνος ἐπ᾽ ἐχθρῷ εὐτυχοῦντι ἢ λύπη τις ἢ ὀργή: κατ᾽ ὀλίγον ταῦτα ὑποτυφόμενα καὶ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ἐντρεφόμενα μανίαν ἀποτελεῖ.
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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