“To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?”
“The earth is flat, being borne upon air, and similarly the sun, moon and the other heavenly bodies, which are all fiery, ride upon the air through their flatness.”
“the mighty main sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers.”
“Just as our soul, being air, constrains us, so breath and air envelops the whole cosmos.”
“Anaximenes regarded air as the first principle.” - As described by Aristotle. Metaphysics (i. 3; 984 a 5) . 4th century BC. -
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