BOOK XXVII. cxx. 145-146 



the Athenians, although Attica and Boeotia are 

 adjoining temtories. That thought brings me to 

 the nature of animals themselves, and to the remedies 

 for all diseases, of even greater reHability, that are 

 implanted in them at birth. For again, the Mother 

 of all creation both willed that no animal should be 

 born merely to eat or to satisfy the appetites of others, 

 implanting also healthful medicines in their vitals, be- 

 cause she was implanting them even in unconscious 

 things, and she also willed that those outstanding aids 

 to Ufe should come from another life, a thought be- 

 yond all else most wonderful. 



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