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Book I Chapter 25 · I.25.3a–I.25.3c
Ancient Greek
p. 5863a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Ἀναξαγόρας μύδρον ἢ πέτρον διάπυρον εἶναι τὸν ἥλιον. Τροπὴν δὲ γίγνεσθαι ἀνταπώσει τοῦ πρὸς ταῖς ἄρκτοις ἀέρος, ὃν αὐτὸς συνωθῶν ἐκ τῆς πυκνώσεως ἰσχυροποιεῖ.
3b ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Θαλῆς γεώδη τὸν ἥλιον. Ἐκλείπειν δὲ αὐτὸν τῆς σελήνης ὑπερχομένης κατὰ κάθετον, οὔσης φύσεως γεώδους· βλέπεσθαι δὲ τοῦτο κατοπτρικῶς ὑποτιθέμενον τῷ δίσκῳ.
3c ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Διογένης κισηροειδῆ τὸν ἥλιον, εἰς ὃν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰθέρος ἀκτῖνες ἐναποστηρίζονται. Ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀντιπίπτοντος τῇ θερμότητι ψυχροῦ σβέννυσθαι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 25
p. 5873a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras held that the sun is a glowing mass or a red-hot stone. Its turning occurs through the counterthrust of the air in the north, which the sun itself compresses and strengthens by making it dense.752
3b ⟨Aëtius⟩: Thales
Thales held that the sun is earthy. It is eclipsed when the moon, which is earthy in nature, passes directly in front of it. This can be seen by means of a mirror placed beneath the disk.753
3c ⟨Aëtius⟩: Diogenes
Diogenes held that the sun is like pumice, with rays from the aether becoming lodged in it. It is extinguished by the cold that confronts its heat.754
Socrates
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