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Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones More(4)
(Greek) (English, ed. Goodwin)
chapter 7: ... ἀὴρ ἐκπυρωθεὶς καὶ γενόμενος τῶν τοῦ χαλκοῦ πόρων ἀραιότερος ἐξέπεσεν οὐκ εἰς κενὴν χώραν, οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν, εἰς δὲ τὸν περιεστῶτα τὴν σικύαν ... πλησίον τὰ κουφότατα καὶ ξηρότατα διὰ λεπτότητα καὶ ἀσθένειαν οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἰσχυρὸν οὐδ᾽ ἔχει βάρος οὐδὲ ῥύμην πλῆθος ... δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ὑδάτων ῥύσις οὐχ ὁμοίως εὐσύνοπτον ἔχει τὸν τῆς ἀντιπεριώσεως τρόπον. ... δ᾽ ὀλίγον καὶ κοῖλον, ἵεται τὸ ὑγρὸν ὑπ᾽ ἀσθενείας, οὐχ ὑπείκοντος τοῦ ἀέρος οὐδὲ πολλὴν ἀντιπερίστασιν λαμβάνοντος. οὕτω δὲ ... λαμβάνοντος οὕτως ἐξωθεῖσθαί θ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀλλήλων καὶ ἀνθυπείκειν ἀλλήλοις πέφυκεν, οὐκ οὔσης κενότητος ἐν θάτερον ἱδρυθὲν οὐ μεθέξει τῆς θατέρου μεταβολῆς. καὶ μὴν