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Book I Chapter 40 · I.40.1.66–I.40.1.67
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Ἐκ τούτου καὶ αἱ παράδοξοι νεοχμώσεις τεταγμένως ἀποτελοῦνται, συναραττόντων μὲν ἀνέμων παντοίων, πιπτόντων δὲ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ κεραυνῶν, ῥηγνυμένων τε χειμώνων ἐξαισίων. Διά τε τούτων τὸ νοτερὸν ἐκπιεζόμενον τό τε πυρῶδες διαπνεόμενον εἰς ὁμόνοιαν ἄγει τὸ πᾶν καὶ καθίστησιν.
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Ἥ τε γῆ φυτοῖς κομῶσα [κοσμηθεῖσα] παντοδαποῖς, νάμασί τε περιβρύουσα καὶ περιοχουμένη ζῴοις, κατὰ καιρὸν ἐκφύουσά τε πάντα καὶ τρέφουσα καὶ δεχομένη, μυρίας φέρουσα ἰδέας καὶ πόας, τὴν ἀγήρω φύσιν ὁμοίως τηρεῖ, καίτοι [γῆ] καὶ σεισμοῖς τινασσομένη καὶ πλημμύραις ἐπικλυζομένη πυρκαϊαῖς τε κατὰ μέρος φλογιζομένη. Πάντα δὲ ἔοικεν αὐτῇ πρὸς ἀγαθοῦ γινόμενα τὴν δι᾽ αἰῶνος σωτηρίαν παρέχειν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 40
p. 81166 · Extraordinary events within order
From it, too, extraordinary changes are accomplished in an orderly way, as winds of every kind collide, thunderbolts fall from heaven, and exceptional storms break out. Through these processes moisture is squeezed out and the fiery element is vented, bringing the whole into concord and establishing it there.1050
67 · The enduring earth
The earth, luxuriant with plants [adorned] of every kind, abounding in streams and borne about by animals,1051 bringing forth, nourishing, and receiving everything in season, bearing countless forms and grasses, likewise preserves its ageless nature, although [earth] is shaken by earthquakes, inundated by floods, and burned by fires in particular places. All these events seem to work to its good and secure its preservation through all time.1052
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