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Book I Chapter 47 · I.47.7.1–I.47.7.2
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p. 9187.1 · Πλάτωνος
Πλάτωνος Νόμων ζʹ.
Μεταβολὴν γὰρ δὴ πάντων πλὴν κακῶν πολὺ σφαλερώτατον εὑρήσομεν, ἐν ὥραις πάσαις, ἐν πνεύμασι καὶ διαίταις σωμάτων, ἐν τρόποις ψυχῶν, ἐν ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐ τοῖς μὲν τοῖς δ᾽ οὔ, πλὴν ὅπερ εἶπον νῦν δὴ κακοῖς·
7.2
ὥστε εἴ τις ἀποβλέψειε πρὸς σώματα, ὡς πᾶσι μὲν σιτίοις πᾶσι δὲ ποτοῖς καὶ πόνοις ξυνήθη γιγνόμενα, καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ταραχθέντα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν, ἔπειτα ἐξ αὐτῶν τούτων ὑπὸ χρόνου σάρκας φύσαντα οἰκείας τούτοις, φίλα τε καὶ ξυνήθη καὶ γνώριμα γενόμενα πάσῃ ταύτῃ τῇ διαίτῃ πρὸς ἡδονὴν καὶ ὑγείαν ἄριστα διάγει· καὶ ἐάν ποτ᾽ ἄρα ἀναγκασθῇ μεταβάλλειν αὖθις ἡντινοῦν τῶν εὐδοκίμων διαίτων, τότε κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς συνταραχθεὶς ὑπὸ νόσων μόγις ποτὲ κατέστη τὴν συνήθειαν τῇ τροφῇ πάλιν ἀπολαβών·
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 47
p. 9197.1 · Plato: the hazards of change
From Plato, Laws, Book VII.
We shall find that change is by far the most hazardous thing in every matter except bad things: in all the seasons, in winds and bodily regimens, and in the dispositions of souls. This applies, so to speak, not in some cases and not others, but in all, apart from the bad things I have just mentioned.1183
7.2 · Bodily habituation
Thus, if one considers bodies, they become accustomed to every kind of food, drink, and exertion. At first disturbed by them, they subsequently grow from these very things, over time, flesh adapted to them. Once friendly with, accustomed to, and familiar with this entire regimen, they fare best in pleasure and health. If a person is ever compelled to change again any of these approved regimens, he is at first thrown into confusion by illnesses; only with difficulty does he eventually settle down, after regaining familiarity with his nourishment.1184
Socrates
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