swallow greedily
From LSJ
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
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