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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.13.10
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Οὐκοῦν ψυχὴ οὐδὲν μᾶλλον οὐδὲ ἧττον ἄλλη ἄλλης αὐτὸ τοῦτο ψυχή ἐστιν, οὐδὲ δὴ μᾶλλον οὐδὲ ἧττον ἥρμοσται; - Οὕτω. - Τοῦτο δέ γε πεπονθυῖα οὐδὲν πλέον ἀναρμοστίας οὐδὲ ἁρμονίας ⟨μετέχοι⟩ ἄν. - Οὐ γὰρ οὖν. - Τοῦτο δ᾽ αὖ πεπονθυῖα ἆρ᾽ ἄν τι πλέον κακίας ἢ ἀρετῆς μετέχοι ἑτέρα ἑτέρας, εἴπερ ἡ μὲν κακία ἀναρμοστία, ἡ δὲ ἀρετὴ ἁρμονία εἴη; - Οὐδὲν πλέον. - Μᾶλλον δέ γέ που, ὦ Σιμμία, κατὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον κακίας οὐδεμία ψυχὴ μεθέξει, εἴπερ ἁρμονία ἐστίν· ἁρμονία γὰρ δήπου παντελῶς αὐτὸ τοῦτο οὖσα, ἁρμονία, ἀναρμοστίας οὔποτ᾽ ἂν μετάσχοι. - Οὐ μέντοι. - Οὐδέ γε δήπου ψυχή, οὖσα παντελῶς ψυχή, κακίας. - Πῶς γὰρ ἐκ γε τῶν προειρημένων;
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 105113.10 · Could a soul contain vice?
“Then, since one soul is neither more nor less a soul than another, neither is it more nor less attuned?”
“That is so.”
“And in that condition it would ⟨participate⟩ no more in lack of attunement or in harmony.”
“Certainly not.”
“And in that condition could one soul participate in vice or virtue more than another, if vice were lack of attunement and virtue harmony?”
“No more.”
“Rather, Simmias, following the argument strictly, no soul will participate in vice at all, if it is a harmony. For a harmony, being wholly just what it is, a harmony, could never participate in lack of attunement.”
“Certainly not.”
“Nor, surely, could a soul, being wholly a soul, participate in vice.”
“How could it, given what has been said?”1320
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