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quod si in Scythiam aut in Brittanniam sphaeram aliquis tulerit hanc quam nuper familiaris noster effecit Posidonius, cuius singulae conversiones idem efficiunt in sole et in luna et in quinque
stellis errantibus quod efficitur in caelo singulis diebus
et noctibus, quis in illa barbaria dubitet quin ea
sphaera sit perfecta ratione; hi autem dubitant de
mundo, ex quo et oriuntur et fiunt omnia, casune ipse
sit effectus aut necessitate aliqua an ratione ac mente
divina, et Archimedem arbitrantur plus valuisse in imitandis sphaerae conversionibus quam naturam in efficiendis; praesertim cum multis partibus sint illa perfecta quam haec simulata sollertius.
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