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Boese, op. cit., 173–191, 211–265.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg014.local001","excerpt":"Ὁ μὲν οὖν τὸ κακὸν ἐξορίζων τοῦ εἶναι λόγος τοιοῦτος ἄν τις εἴη, καὶ τοιαῦτα ἂν ἡμῖν προφέροιτο πιθανῶς λέγων. ὁ δὲ τὴν ἐναντίαν τούτῳ φωνὴν ἀφείς——— δυοῖν τὰ ἕτερα δήπου λέγειν ἀναγκαῖον· ἢ μὴ εἶναι τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐναν- τίαν τῇ κακίᾳ, τὴν πᾶσαν τῇ ὅλῃ καὶ τὰς ἐν μέρει ταῖς ἀναλόγοις, ἢ τὸ τῷ ἀγαθῷ μαχόμενον μὴ πάντως εἶναι κακόν. καίτοι τί τούτων ἑκατέρου γένοιτ' ἂν 〈παραδοξότερον ἢ〉 πρὸς τὴν φύσιν τῶν πραγμάτων ἀναρ- μοστότερον; αἱ γὰρ κακίαι μάχονται ταῖς ἀρεταῖς· καὶ δῆλον ὡς μάχονται ἐκ τε τῆς ἄλλης ἀνθρωπίνης ζωῆς, καθ' ἣν οἱ μὲν ἄδικοι τοῖς δικαίοις, οἱ δ' ἀκόλαστοι τοῖς σώφροσιν ἠναντίωνται, κἀκ τῆς ἐν αὐταῖς, εἰ βούλει, ταῖς ψυχαῖς διαστάσεως· οἷον ὅταν ἐν τοῖς ἀτελέσιν ἄγῃ μὲν ὁ λόγος ἑτέραν, βιάζηται δὲ τὸ πάθος, μαχομένων δὲ ἀμφοῖν ἡττᾶται μὲν τὸ κρεῖττον ὑπὸ τοῦ χείρονος· τί γὰρ ἄλλο ἐν τούτοις ἐστὶν ἢ τὸ σῶφρον τῆς ψυχῆς στασιάζον πρὸς τὸ ἀκόλαστον ἦθος; ——— 〈τί δὲ ἐν〉 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