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‘ ἔτι σαφέστερον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἡμῶν: 1
φθείρεται μὲν μὲν γὰρ 2 ὁ ἀκμάζων 3 γενομένου γέροντος, ἐφθάρη δ᾽᾽ ὁ νέος
εἰς τὸν ἀκμάζοντα, καὶ ὁ παῖς; εἰς τὸν νέον, εἰς δὲ τὸν παῖδα τὸ
νήπιον ὃ τ᾽ ἐχθὲς 4 εἰς τὸν σήμερον τέθνηκεν, ὁ δὲ σήμερον εἰς τὸν αὔριον ἀποθνήσκει; μένει δ᾽ οὐδεὶς
οὐδ᾽ ἔστιν εἷς, ἀλλὰ γιγνόμεθα πολλοὶ, περὶ ἕν τι 5 φάντασμα καὶ
κοινὸν ἐκμαγεῖον ὕλης περιελαυνομένης καὶ ὀλισθανούσης ἐπεὶ πῶς οἱ
αὐτοὶ μένοντες ἑτέροις χαίρομεν νῦν, ἑτέροις πρότερον, 6 [p. 22] τἀναντία φιλοῦμεν ἢ μισοῦμεν καὶ θαυμάζομεν καὶ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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