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‘ κάτω τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀπλανοῦς περιφορᾶς.’
‘ὅλως δὲ πῶς λέγεται καὶ τίνος ἡ γῆ μέση
κεῖται; τὸ γὰρ πᾶν ἄπειρόν ἐστι; τῷ δ᾽ ἀπείρῳ μήτε ἀρχὴν ἔχοντι μήτε πέρας οὐ προσήκει μέσον ἔχειν:
πέρας γάρ τι καὶ τὸ μέσον, ἡ δ᾽ ἀπειρία περάτων
στέρησις. ὁ δὲ μὴ τοῦ παντὸς ἀλλὰ τοῦ κόσμου μέσην εἶναι τὴν γῆν ἀποφαινόμενος ἡδύς ἐστιν, εἰ
μὴ καὶ τὸν κόσμον αὐτὸν ἐνέχεσθαι ταῖς αὐταῖς ἀπορίαις νομίζει: τὸ γὰρ πᾶν οὐδὲ τούτῳ μέσην
ἀπέλιπεν , ἀλλ᾽ ἀνέστιος καὶ ἀνίδρυτός ἐστιν ἐν
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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