ἐξ ἀδήλου πρῶτον ἔρχεται νέακαὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀπόρρητ᾽ ἐστὶ φύσεως, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἄχθεται
3 πρόσωπα καλλύνουσα καὶ πληρουμένη:
χὤταν περ αὑτῆς εὐπρεπεστάτη φανῇ ,
πάλιν διαρρεῖ κἀπὶ μηδὲν ἔρχεται.
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βελτίω καὶ τὰ ἡδίω τρέψαντι τὴν ψυχήν. τὰ
ἐν [p. 340] οὐρανῷ πολυπραγμόνει τὰ ἐν γῇ τὰ ἐν ἀέρι τὰ ἐν
θαλάττῃ. μικρῶν 1 πέφυκας ἢ μεγάλων φιλοθεάμων εἰ μεγάλων,
ἥλιον πολυπραγμόνει ποῦ 2 κάτεισι καὶ πόθεν ἄνεισι: ζήτει τὰς ἐν σελήνῃ
καθάπερ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ μεταβολάς, ποῦ τοσοῦτον
κατανάλωσε φῶς πόθεν αὖθις , ἐκτήσατο , πῶς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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