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‘ καὶ τὸ ῥοιζῶδες τῆς περιαγωγῆς, ὥσπερ ὅσα ταῖς σφενδόναις ἐντεθέντα τῆς καταφορᾶς κώλυσιν ἴσχει
τὴν κύκλῳ περιδίνησιν ἄγει γὰρ ἕκαστον ἡ κατὰ
φύσιν κίνησις, ἂν ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου μηδενὸς ἀποστρέφηται. διὸ τὴν σελήνην οὐκ ἄγει τὸ βάρος, ὑπὸ τῆς περιφορᾶς
τὴν ῥοπὴν ἐκκρουόμενον. ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἴσως λόγον εἶχε θαυμάζειν μένουσαν αὐτὴν παντάπασιν
ὥσπερ ἡ γῆ καὶ ἀτρεμοῦσαν. νῦν δὲ σελήνη μὲν
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δὲ γῆν, ἑτέρας κινήσεως ἄμοιρον οὖσαν, εἰκὸς ἦν. μόνῳ τῷ βαρύνοντι κινεῖν : βαρυτέρα δ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς σελήνης οὐχ ὅσῳ μείζων, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι μᾶλλον, ἅτε δὴ
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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