πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει 3 τε καὶ ἕρπει:τοῦτ᾽ οὐ ψεύδεται ὁ 5 λέγων ἐπὶ νηπίου καὶ 6 ἀρτιγενοῦς. οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν οὕτως; ἀτελὲς οὐδ᾽ ἄπορον οὐδὲ γυμνὸν οὐδ᾽ ἄμορφον οὐδὲ μιαρόν, ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐν γοναῖς ὁρώμενος: ᾧ μόνῳ σχεδὸν οὐδὲ καθαρὰν ἔδωκεν εἰς φῶς ὁδὸν ἡ φύσις, ἀλλ᾽ αἵματι πεφυρμένος καὶ λύθρου περίπλεως καὶ φονευομένῳ μᾶλλον ἢ γεννωμένῳ ἐοικὼς οὐδενός ἐστιν ἅψασθαι καὶ ἀνελέσθαι
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κρήνας νάματος ἐπιρρέοντος, οὐκ ἀργῶς οὐδ᾽ ἀπαθῶς ὑποδεχομένας ἀλλὰ
καὶ πνεύματος ἠπίῳ θερμότητι καὶ μαλακῇ θηλύτητι ἐκπέψαι καὶ λεᾶναι
καὶ μεταβαλεῖν δυναμένας: τοιαύτην γὰρ ὁ μαστὸς ἔχει ἐντὸς 1 διάθεσιν καὶ κρᾶσιν. ἐκροαὶ δὲ τοῦ γάλακτος οὐκ εἰσὶν
οὐδὲ κρουνοὶ μεθιέντες ἀθρόως, εἰς δὲ σάρκα πιδακώδη καὶ πόροις ἀτρέμα
λεπτοῖς διηθοῦσαν ἀπολήγων, εὐμενὲς τῷ τοῦ νηπίου στόματι καὶ προσφιλὲς;
ψαῦσαι καὶ περιλαβεῖν ἐνδίδωσι ταμιεῖον. 2 [p. 286] ἀλλὰ τούτων γε
τῶν τοσούτων ἐπὶ τήν γένεσιν ἐργαλείων καὶ τοιούτων οἰκονομιῶν καὶ
φιλοτιμίας καὶ προνοίας οὐδὲν ἦν ὄφελος, εἰ μὴ τὸ φιλόστοργον ἡ φύσις
καὶ κηδεμονικὸν ἐνειργάσατο ταῖς τεκούσαις.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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