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ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα σπουδαίας δοκιμαστέον ἐστί πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς ἤθεσιν
Ἑλληνίδας. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος
εὐθὺς ἀπὸ γενέσεως πλάττειν τῶν τέκνων ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν, ἵνα ταῦτ᾽
ὀρθὰ καὶ ἀστραβῆ φύηται, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὰ τῶν τέκνων [p. 7] ἤθη ῥυθμίζειν προσήκει. εὔπλαστον γὰρ καὶ ὑγρὸν ἡ
νεότης , καὶ ταῖς τούτων ψυχαῖς ἁπαλαῖς ἔτι τὰ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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