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ὅ Πλάτων ἐν τοῖς Νόμοις 1 οὐκ ἐᾷ μεταλαμβάνειν ὕδατος ἀλλοτρίου τοὺς γείτονας, ἂν μὴ παρ᾽ αὑτοῖς ὀρύξαντες ἄχρι τῆς κεραμίτιδος καλουμένης γῆς ἄγονον εὕρωσι νάματος τὸ χωρίον: ἡ γὰρ κεραμῖτις φύσιν ἔχουσα λιπαρὰν καὶ πυκνὴν στέγει παραλαβοῦσα τὸ ὑγρὸν καὶ οὐ διίησι: δεῖν 2 δὲ μεταλαμβάνειν τἀλλοτρίου 3 τοὺς ἴδιον κτήσασθαι μὴ δυναμένους: ἀπορίᾳ γὰρ βοηθεῖν 4 τὸν νόμον. ἆρ᾽ οὐ 5 δὴ ἔδει καὶ 6 περὶ χρημάτων εἶναι 7 νόμον, ὅπως μὴ δανείζωνται παρ᾽ ἑτέρων μηδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίας πηγὰς βαδίζωσι, μὴ πρότερον οἴκοι τὰς αὑτῶν ἀφορμὰς ἐξελέγξαντες καὶ συναγαγόντες ὥσπερ ἐκ λιβάδων τὸ χρήσιμον καὶ ἀναγκαῖον αὑτοῖς; νυνὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ τρυφῆς καὶ μαλακίας ἢ πολυτελείας οὐ χρῶνται τοῖς ἑαυτῶν, ἔχοντες, ἀλλὰ λαμβάνουσιν ἐπὶ πολλῷ παρ᾽ ἑτέρων, μὴ δεόμενοι: τεκμήριον δὲ μέγα: τοῖς γὰρ ἀπόροις οὐ δανείζουσιν, ἀλλὰ βουλομένοις εὐπορίαν τιν᾽ ἑαυτοῖς κτᾶσθαι: καὶ μάρτυρα δίδωσι καὶ [p. 135] βεδε ½ἰτανδο αερε ἀλιενο. βαιωτὴν ἄξιον, ὅτι ἔχει πιστεύεσθαι 8, δέον ἔχοντα μὴ δανείζεσθαι.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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