ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
P. and V. ἄγριος, ὠμός, σχέτλιος, πικρός, σκληρός, τραχύς, Ar. and P. χαλεπός, V. ὠμόφρων.
pitiless: P. ἀπαραίτητος, V. νηλής, δυσπαραίτητος; see fierce, cruel.
