ΙΒ΄ XII (Duebn. XVIII volg. 2 B 15), Section 2

Εἰ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἀδικεῖν καὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ὁποῖον τὸ τύπτειν καὶ τύπτεσθαι, καὶ τέμνειν καὶ τέμνεσθαι, οὐδὲν δεινὸν τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ δραστικὸν ὁμοῦ εἶναι ἀδικίας καὶ παθητικόν· εἰ δʼ ἐνταῦθα ὁ αὐτὸς μὲν τῇ κοινότητι τῆς φύσεως ἐνέργειαν καὶ πάθος, ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν, καταδέχεται, ἔοικεν δὲ τὸ ἀδικεῖν καὶ ἀδικεῖσθαι πολὺ μᾶλλον τῷ ὁρᾶν καὶ ὁρᾶσθαι, ὁ μὲν γὰρ τὸ μετέχον ὄψεως, τὸ δὲ, ὁρώμενον, οὐ πάντως καὶ