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τούτους μεταστὰς εἰς πόλιν ἐλευθέραν καὶ δημοκρατουμένην. ὁ δὲ τὴν τῶν
θεῶν ἀρχὴν ὡς τυραννίδα φοβούμενος σκυθρωπὴν καὶ ἀπαραίτητον ποῖ
μεταστῇ ποῖ 1 φύγῃ, ποίαν γῆν ἄθεον
εὕρῃ, ποίαν θάλασσαν; εἰς τί καταδὺς τοῦ κόσμου μέρος καὶ ἀποκρύψας
σεαυτόν, ὦ ταλαίπωρε, πιστεύσεις ὅτι τὸν θεὸν ἀποπέφευγας; ἔστι καὶ
δούλοις νόμος ἐλευθερίαν ἀπογνοῦσι πρᾶσιν αἰτεῖσθαι καὶ δεσπότην
μεταβάλλειν ἐπιεικέστερον: ἡ δὲ
δεισιδαιμονία θεῶν [p. 408] ἀλλαγὴν οὐ δίδωσιν, οὐδ᾽ ἔστιν
εὑρεῖν ὃν οὐ φοβήσεται θεὸν ὁ φοβούμενος τοὺς πατρῴους καὶ γενεθλίους,
ὁ φρίττων τοὺς σωτῆρας; καὶ τοὺς μειλιχίους
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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