# Περὶ τοῦ Ε τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς 14

Plutarch, Περὶ τοῦ Ε τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-62/14

τοσαύτας δὲ καὶ τηλικαύτας ἔχοντος τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ δυνάμεις, καλὴ καὶ ἡ γένεσίς ἐστιν, οὐχ ἣν ἤδη διήλθομεν, ἐκ δυάδος οὖσα καὶ τριάδος, ἀλλʼ ἣν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῷ πρώτῳ συνελθοῦσα τετραγώνῳ παρέσχεν. ἀρχὴ μὲν γὰρ ἀριθμοῦ παντὸς ἡ μονάς, τετράγωνος δὲ πρῶτος ἡ τετράς ἐκ δὲ τούτων, ὥσπερ ἰδέας καὶ ὕλης πέρας ἐχούσης, ἡ πεμπάς. εἰ δὲ δὴ καὶ τὴν μονάδα τετράγωνον ὀρθῶς ἔνιοι τίθενται, δύναμιν οὖσαν ἑαυτῆς καὶ περαίνουσαν εἰς ἑαυτήν, ἐκ δυεῖν πεφυκυῖα τῶν πρώτων τετραγώνων ἡ πεμπὰς οὐκ ἀπολέλοιπεν ὑπερβολὴν εὐγενείας.

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Plutarch, Περὶ τοῦ Ε τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς, ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0007.tlg090.local001/.