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Book I Chapter 40 · I.40.1.68–I.40.1.69
Ancient Greek
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Σειομένης τε γὰρ διεξᾴττουσιν αἱ τῶν πνευμάτων παρεμπτώσεις κατὰ ⟨τὰ⟩ ῥήγματα τὰς ἀναπνοὰς ἴσχουσαι, καθὼς ἄνω λέλεκται, καθαιρομένη τε ὄμβροις ἀποκλύζεται πάντα τὰ νοσώδη, περιπνεομένη δὲ αὔραις τά τε ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν καὶ τὰ ὑπὲρ αὐτὴν εἰλικρινεῖται. Καὶ μὴν αἱ φλόγες μὲν τὸ παγετῶδες ἰαίνουσιν, οἱ πάγοι δὲ τὰς φλόγας ἀνιᾶσι.
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Καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους τὰ μὲν γίγνεται, τὰ δὲ ἀκμάζει, τὰ δὲ φθείρεται· καὶ αἱ μὲν γενέσεις ἀνασηκοῦσι τὰς φθοράς, αἱ φθοραὶ δὲ κουφίζουσι τὰς γενέσεις. Μία δὲ ἐκ πάντων περαινομένη σωτηρία [δὲ] διὰ τέλους ἀντιπαρισταμένων ἀλλήλοις καὶ τὸ μὲν περικρατούντων τὸ δὲ περικρατουμένων φυλάττει τὸ σύμπαν ἄφθαρτον δι᾽ αἰῶνος.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 40
p. 81368 · Purification and mutual restraint
For when the earth is shaken, the intrusions of wind rush out, finding vents through ⟨the⟩ fissures, as was said above. Cleansed by rains, it washes away everything unhealthy; swept by breezes, it is purified both below and above its surface. Flames warm what is frozen, and frosts abate the flames.1053
69 · Generation and destruction in balance
Of particular things, some come into being, some reach their prime, and some perish. Generations counterbalance destructions, while destructions lighten the burden of generations. A single preservation achieved through them all [but], as they continually oppose one another and now prevail, now are prevailed over, keeps the whole imperishable through all time.1054
Socrates
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