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παυσαμένου δὲ τοῦ Θέωνος, Εὔστροφον Ἀθηναῖον οἶμαι τὸν εἰπόντα
εἶναι πρὸς ἡμᾶς ‘ὁρᾷς, ὡς ἀμύνει τῇ
διαλεκτικῇ Θέων προθύμως, μονονοὺ τὴν λεοντῆν ἐπενδυσάμενος; οὕτως 1
οὐδ᾽ ἡμᾶς 2 τοὺς πάντα συλλήβδην πράγματα καὶ φύσεις καὶ ἀρχὰς θείων
ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀνθρωπείων ἐν ἀριθμῷ τιθεμένους, καὶ πολὺ μάλιστα τῶν
καλῶν καὶ τιμίων τοῦτον ἡγεμόνα
ποιουμένους καὶ κύριον, εἰκὸς 3 ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπάρξασθαι τῷ θεῷ τῆς φίλης
μαθηματικῆς, αὐτὸ μὲν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ μήτε δυνάμει μήτε μορφῇ μήτε τῷ
ῥήματι τὸ Ε τῶν ἄλλων στοιχείων διαφέρειν ἡγουμένους, ὡς δὲ μεγάλου
πρὸς τὰ ὅλα καὶ κυρίου σημεῖον ἀριθμοῦ
τετιμῆσθαι τῆς πεμπάδος, ἀφ᾽ οὗ τὸ ἀριθμεῖν οἱ σοφοὶ πεμπάζειν
ὠνόμαζον.’ ταῦτα δὲ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἔλεγεν οὐ παίζων ὁ Εὔστροφος,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ τηνικαῦτα προσεκείμην τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἐμπαθῶς, τάχα δ᾽ ἔμελλον 4
εἰς πάντα τιμήσειν τὸ
‘μηδὲν ἄγαν’ ἐν Ἀκαδημείᾳ 5 γενόμενος.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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