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Book I Chapter 25 · I.25.3f–I.25.3i.1
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p. 5903f ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Ἐπίκουρος γήινον πύκνωμα τὸν ἥλιόν φησιν εἶναι κισηροειδῶς καὶ σπογγοειδῶς ταῖς κατατρήσεσιν ὑπὸ πυρὸς ἀνημμένον. Τηλικοῦτον δὲ ἡλίκος φαίνεται, ἢ μικρῷ τινι μείζω ἢ ἐλάττω.
3g ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Παρμενίδης τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην ἐκ τοῦ γαλαξίου κύκλου ἀποκριθῆναι, τὸν μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀραιοτέρου μίγματος, ὃ δὴ θερμόν, τὴν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πυκνοτέρου, ὅπερ ψυχρόν.
3h ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Δημόκριτος μύδρον ἢ πέτρον διάπυρον. Τροπὴν δὲ γίνεσθαι ἐκ τῆς περιφερούσης αὐτὸν δινήσεως.
3i ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 1
Κλεάνθης ἄναμμα νοερὸν τὸ ἐκ θαλάττης τὸν ἥλιον. Περὶ δὲ τῶν τροπῶν φασι κατὰ τὸ διάστημα τῆς ὑποκειμένης τροφῆς· ὠκεανὸς δ᾽ ἐστὶ * * ἧς τὴν ἀναθυμίασιν ἐπινέμεται.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 25
p. 5913f ⟨Aëtius⟩: Epicurus
Epicurus says that the sun is a compact earthy mass, lit by fire through its pores as in pumice or a sponge. It is as large as it appears, or a little larger or smaller.758
3g ⟨Aëtius⟩: Parmenides
Parmenides held that the sun and moon separated out of the Milky Way: the sun from the thinner mixture, which is hot, and the moon from the denser mixture, which is cold.759
3h ⟨Aëtius⟩: Democritus
Democritus held that the sun is a glowing mass or a red-hot stone. Its turning results from the whirling motion that carries it around.
3i ⟨Aëtius⟩: Cleanthes and nourishment
Cleanthes held that the sun is an intelligent kindling of fire arising from the sea. As for its turnings, they say that these follow the extent of the nourishment beneath it. Ocean is ... whose exhalation it feeds upon.760
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