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‘ ἐστι γῆς ὁ δ᾽
ὕδατος, τρίτος δὲ πυρὸς καὶ τέταρτος ἀέρος: τὸν δὲ πέμπτον οὐρανὸν 1
οἱ δὲ φῶς οἱ δ᾽ αἰθέρα καλοῦσιν, οἱ δ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο πέμπτην οὐσίαν,
τὸ κύκλῳ περιφέρεσθαι μόνῃ τῶν σωμάτων κατὰ φύσιν ἐστίν, οὐκ ἐξ ἀνάγκης οὔτ᾽ ἄλλως συμβεβηκὸς 2 δὴ καὶ
τὰ πέντε καὶ κάλλιστα καὶ τελεώτατα σχήματα τῶν ἐν τῇ φύσει
κατανοήσας, πυραμίδα καὶ κύβον καὶ ὀκτάεδρον καὶ εἰκοσάεδρον καὶ
δωδεκάεδρον, ἕκαστον οἰκείως ἑκάστῳ προσένειμεν.’
‘εἰσὶ δ᾽ οἳ καὶ τὰς τῶν αἰσθήσεων δυνάμεις ’
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