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ἐθέλω δέ σοι καὶ ἄλλο ὅμοιον εἰπεῖν φιλοσοφίας
περὶ γεύματος, καὶ μή με νομίσῃς βλασφημεῖν
περὶ αὐτῆς, ἢν εἴπω ὅτι φαρμάκῳ ὀλεθρίῳ ἔοικεν, οἷον
κωνείῳ ἢ ἀκονίτῳ ἢ ἄλλῳ τῶν τοιούτων: οὐδὲ γὰρ ταῦτα,
ἐπείπερ θανατηφόρα ἐστίν, ἀποκτείνειεν ἄν, εἴ τις
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ὀλίγον ὅσον ἀκαριαῖον ἀποξύσας αὐτῶν ἄκρῳ τῷ ὄνυχι
ἀπογεύσαιτο, ἀλλὰ ἢν μὴ τοσοῦτον ὅσον χρή, καὶ ὅπως
καὶ ξὺν οἷς, οὐκ ἂν ἀποθάνοι ὁ προσενεγκάμενος: σὺ δὲ
ἠξίους τοὐλάχιστον ἐξαρκεῖν, ὡς ἀποτελέσαι τὴν τοῦ ὅλου γνῶσιν.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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