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8. ὅτι οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι μεγίστην ἐποιοῦντο πρόνοιαν τῆς
πρὸς τοὺς φίλους βεβαιότητος, τὴν τῶν φίλων εὔνοιαν ἀξιολογώτατον
ἀγαθὸν εἶναι τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ διειληφότες.
[2]
ὅτι μέγιστον ἄν τις
ἡγήσαιτο καὶ μάλιστα θαυμάσαι τὸ αἴτιον τῆς πρὸς τοὺς φίλους
εὐνοίας. τίνες γάρ ποτε ἦσαν ἐθισμοὶ ἢ τίς τρόπος ἐπιτηδευμάτων
ἢ τίς λόγου δεινότης, δι᾽ ἧς ἐνειργάζοντο τὴν τοιαύτην διάθεσιν
τοῖς ἀφικνουμένοις εἰς τὴν τοῦ βίου κοινωνίαν;
[3]
ταῦτα γὰρ πολλοὶ μὲν ἐπιθυμήσαντες γνῶναι τῶν
ἔξωθεν ἐπεβάλοντο πολυπραγμονεῖν, οὐδέποτε δὲ οὐδεὶς μαθεῖν
ἠδυνήθη. αἴτιον δὲ τοῦ διατηρεῖσθαι τὰς ὑπὲρ τούτων ὑποθήκας τὸ
τοὺς Πυθαγορείους ὑπόστασιν ἔχειν μηδὲν τοιοῦτο ποιεῖν ἔγγραφον,
ἀλλὰ διὰ μνήμης ἔχειν τὰ παραγγελλόμενα.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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