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ἀλλ᾽ ὁ θαυμαστὸς
Πλάτων, ἀνὴρ ἀξιόπιστος νομοθέτης τῶν τοιούτων, τὸ
μὲν χαίρειν κελεύει καὶ πάνυ ἀποδοκιμάζειν ὡς μοχθηρὸν
ὂν καὶ οὐδὲν σπουδαῖον ἐμφαῖνον, τὸ δ᾽ εὖ πράττειν
ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰσάγει ὡς κοινὸν σώματός τε καὶ ψυχῆς εὖ
διακειμένων σύμβολον, καὶ ἐπιστέλλων γε τῷ Διονυσίῳ
αἰτιᾶται αὐτόν, ὅτι ποιων ἐς τὸν Ἀπόλλω χαίρειν τὸν
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θεὸν προσεῖπεν ὡς ἀνάξιον τοῦ Πυθίου καὶ οὐχ ὅπως
θεοῖς, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώποις δεξιοῖς πρέπον.
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