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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

Name: 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
Author: Fairbanks, Arthur

Fairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy, Ancient

by the interposition of the counter-earth [ἀντίχθων]. But it seems to
some more recent thinkers that it takes place by a spreading of the
flame little by little as it is gradually kindled, until it gives the
complete full moon, and again, in like manner, it grows less until the
conjunction, when it is completely extinguished. ii. 30; 361. Some of
the Pythagoreans, among them Philolaos, said that the earthy appearance
of the moon is due to its being inhabited by animals and by plants, like
those on our earth, only greater and more beautiful; for the animals on
it are fifteen times as powerful, not having any sort of excrement, and
their day is fifteen times as long as ours. But others said that the
outward appearance in the moon is a reflection on the other side of the
inflamed circle of the sea that is on our earth. ii. 32; 364. Some regard
the greater year ... as the sixty year period, among whom are Oenopides
and Pythagoras.

Aet. _Plac._ iii. 1; _Dox._ 364. Some of the Pythagoreans said that the
milky way is the burning of a star that fell from its own foundation,
setting on fire the region through which it passed in a circle, as
Phaethon was burned. And others say that the course of the sun arose in
this manner at the first. And certain ones say that the appearance of the
sun is like a mirror reflecting its rays toward the heaven, and therefore
it happens at times to reflect its rays on the rainbow in the clouds.

Aet. iii. 2; 366. Some of the followers of Pythagoras say that the comet
is one of the stars that are not always shining, but emit their light
periodically through a certain definite time; but others say that it is
the reflection of our vision into the sun, like reflected images. iii.
14; 378. Pythagoras: The earth, after the analogy of the sphere of the
all, is divided into five zones, arctic, antarctic, summer, winter, and
equinoctial; of these the middle one he defines to be the middle of the
earth, called for this very reason the torrid zone; but the inhabited one
[the one between the arctic and the torrid zones] being well-tempered....

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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

by the interposition of the counter-earth [ἀντίχθων]. But it seems to
some more recent thinkers that it takes place by a spreading of the
flame little by little as it is gradually kindled, until it gives the
complete full moon, and again, in like manner, it grows less until the
conjunction, when it is completely extinguished. ii. 30; 361. Some of
the Pythagoreans, among them Philolaos, said that the earthy appearance
of the moon is due to its being inhabited by animals and by plants, like
those on our earth, only greater and more beautiful; for the animals on
it are fifteen times as powerful, not having any sort of excrement, and
their day is fifteen times as long as ours. But others said that the
outward appearance in the moon is a reflection on the other side of the
inflamed circle of the sea that is on our earth. ii. 32; 364. Some regard
the greater year ... as the sixty year period, among whom are Oenopides
and Pythagoras.

Aet. _Plac._ iii. 1; _Dox._ 364. Some of the Pythagoreans said that the
milky way is the burning of a star that fell from its own foundation,
setting on fire the region through which it passed in a circle, as
Phaethon was burned. And others say that the course of the sun arose in
this manner at the first. And certain ones say that the appearance of the
sun is like a mirror reflecting its rays toward the heaven, and therefore
it happens at times to reflect its rays on the rainbow in the clouds.

Aet. iii. 2; 366. Some of the followers of Pythagoras say that the comet
is one of the stars that are not always shining, but emit their light
periodically through a certain definite time; but others say that it is
the reflection of our vision into the sun, like reflected images. iii.
14; 378. Pythagoras: The earth, after the analogy of the sphere of the
all, is divided into five zones, arctic, antarctic, summer, winter, and
equinoctial; of these the middle one he defines to be the middle of the
earth, called for this very reason the torrid zone; but the inhabited one
[the one between the arctic and the torrid zones] being well-tempered....

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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