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And again, since it is evident that we could not endure the heat or the cold if it came suddenly, 1 the sun’s approach and retreat are so gradual that we arrive at the one or the other extreme imperceptibly.
For myself, exclaimed Euthydemus, I begin to doubt whether after all the gods are occupied in any other work than the service of man. The one difficulty I feel is that the lower animals also enjoy these blessings.
And again, since it is evident that we could not endure the heat or the cold if it came suddenly, 1 the sun’s approach and retreat are so gradual that we arrive at the one or the other extreme imperceptibly.
For myself, exclaimed Euthydemus, I begin to doubt whether after all the gods are occupied in any other work than the service of man. The one difficulty I feel is that the lower animals also enjoy these blessings.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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