Dialogue

1 Intro|   principle may be likened to a mother, the source or spring to
2 Intro|   reappearing as the containing mother or nurse of all things.
3 Intro|    world in space, which is the mother and nurse of generation.
4 Timae|        receiving principle to a mother, and the source or spring
5 Timae| particular form. Wherefore, the mother and receptacle of all created
6 Timae|         moistened, and that the mother substance becomes earth