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Ancient contents - Book I · Contents.I.21-26–Contents.I.27-32
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p. 171821-26
21. Περὶ κόσμου καὶ εἰ ἔμψυχος καὶ προνοίᾳ διοικούμενος καὶ ποῦ ἔχει τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν καὶ πόθεν τρέφεται.
22. Περὶ τάξεως τοῦ κόσμου· εἰ ἓν τὸ πᾶν.
23. Περὶ τῆς οὐρανοῦ οὐσίας καὶ διαιρέσεως.
24. Περὶ οὐσίας ἄστρων καὶ σχημάτων, κινήσεώς τε καὶ ἐπισημασίας.
25. Περὶ οὐσίας ἡλίου καὶ μεγέθους, σχήματός τε καὶ τροπῶν καὶ ἐκλείψεως καὶ σημείων καὶ κινήσεως.
26. Περὶ σελήνης οὐσίας μεγέθους καὶ σχήματος φωτισμῶν τε καὶ περὶ ἐκλείψεως καὶ ἐμφάσεως καὶ περὶ ἀποστημάτων καὶ σημείων.
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27. Περὶ γάλακτος.
28. Περὶ κομητῶν καὶ διαττόντων καὶ τῶν τοιούτων.
29. Περὶ βροντῶν ἀστραπῶν κεραυνῶν πρηστήρων τυφώνων.
30. τριακοστὸν δὲ· Περὶ ἴριδος, περὶ ἅλω καὶ παρηλίου καὶ ῥάβδων.
31. καὶ δὴ καὶ· Περὶ νεφῶν ὁμίχλης ὑετῶν δρόσου χιόνος πάχνης χαλάζης.
32. Περὶ ἀνέμων.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book I
p. 171921-26 · The world and the heavenly bodies
21. On the world: whether it has a soul and is governed by providence, where it has its ruling part, and whence it receives nourishment.
22. On the order of the world; whether the whole is one.
23. On the substance and division of the heaven.
24. On the substance and shapes of the stars, their motion and significance.
25. On the sun’s substance, size, shape, turnings, eclipse, signs, and motion.
26. On the moon’s substance, size, shape, and illuminations; on its eclipse and appearance, and on its distances and signs.2088
27-32 · Celestial and atmospheric phenomena
27. On the Milky Way.
28. On comets, shooting stars, and such things.
29. On thunder, lightning, thunderbolts, fiery whirlwinds, and whirlwinds.
30. Thirtieth, on the rainbow, on the halo, mock sun, and rods.
31. And also on clouds, mist, rain, dew, snow, frost, and hail.
32. On winds.2089
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