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— — 2 [vgl. III 4, 51] τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἀνθρώποισι κακὰ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν φύεται, ἐπήν τις τἀγαθὰ μὴ’ πιστῆται ποδηγετεῖν μηδὲ ὀχεῖν εὐφόρως. οὐ δίκαιον ἐν κακοῖσι τὰ τοιάδε κρίνειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀγαθοῖσιν ὦν· τοῖς τε ἀγαθοῖσιν οἷόν τε χρῆσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὰ κακά, εἴ τινι βουλομένῳ, ἀλκῇ.Fragmenta. Democritus. ed. Hermann Diels. Berlin. 1922.
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