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μεταβολὴν ὅταν οὖν ὑποπλασθῇ ὑπὸ τῆς πηγῆς 1 2 τὸ ὕδωρ, ἐν τῷ ἀέρι, προθερμανθέν 3, περιψύχεται ταχέως.
τὸν μὲν οὖν ξένον ἐπῃνέσαμεν ὡς ἀνδρικῶς καταμνημονεύσαντα 4: περὶ δὲ τοῦ λόγου διηποροῦμεν. ὁ γὰρ ἀήρ, ἐν ᾧ κρέμαται τὸ ἀγγεῖον, εἰ μὲν ψυχρός ἐστι, πῶς θερμαίνει τὸ ὕδωρ; εἰ δὲ θερμός, πῶς περιψύχει πάλιν; ἄλογον γὰρ ὑπὸ ταὐτοῦ ταὐτὸ 5 πάσχειν τἀναντία 6, μηδεμιᾶς διαφορᾶς γενομένης. σιωπῶντος δ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ διαποροῦντος, οὐδὲν ἔφην 7 δεῖν περὶ τοῦ ἀέρος διαπορεῖν ἡ γὰρ αἴσθησις λέγει ὅτι ψυχρός ἐστι, καὶ μάλιστά τῶν 8 ἐν βάθει φρεάτων ὥστ᾽ ἀμήχανον ὑπ᾽ ἀέρος ψυχροῦ
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