The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy
The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Fairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy, Ancient
Aet. _Plac._ ii. 1; 327. The universe is one. ii. 4; 331. The universe
is perishable. ii. 8; 337. Diogenes and Anaxagoras: After the universe
arose and the animals were brought forth out of the earth, it tipped
somehow of its own accord towards its south part, perhaps intentionally,
in order that some parts of the universe might be inhabited and others
uninhabited according as they are cold, or hot, or temperate. ii. 13;
341. Anaxagoras: The surrounding aether is of a fiery nature, and
catching up stones from the earth by the power of its rotation and
setting them on fire it has made them into stars. ii. 16; 345. Anaxagoras
et al.: All the stars move from east to west. ii. 21; 351. Anaxagoras:
The sun is many times as large as the Peloponnesos. ii. 23; 352.
Anaxagoras: The solstices are due to a repulsion of the air towards the
south, for the sun compressed it and by condensation made it strong. ii.
25; 356. Anaxagoras and Demokritos: The moon is a fiery solid body having
in itself plains and mountains and valleys. ii. 29; 360. Anaxagoras, as
Theophrastos says, attributed eclipses to bodies below the moon which
sometimes come in front of it.[93] ii. 30; 361. Anaxagoras says that the
unevenness of the composition (the surface of the moon) is due to the
mixture of earthy matter with cold, since the moon has some high places
and some low hollows. And the dark stuff is mingled with the fiery,
the result of which is the shadowy appearance; whence it is called a
false-shining star.
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