Quotes:
- “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. -
0 Comments