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‘ τῆς γενέσεως τὴν αἰτίαν Πλάτων ἀποδίδωσιν. εἴρηκε γὰρ ὅτι , τοῦ κατόπτρου ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ὕψος λαβόντος,
ὑπαλλάττουσιν αἱ ὄψεις τὴν ἀνάκλασιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων ἐπὶ θάτερα μεταπίπτουσαν. εἴπερ οὖν τῶν ὄψεων αἱ μὲν εὐθὺς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ... ἀνατρέχουσιν,
αἱ δ᾽ ἐπὶ θάτερα μέρη τῶν κατόπτρων ὀλισθάνουσαι πάλιν ἐκεῖθεν ἀναφέρονται πρὸς ἡμᾶς, οὐ δυνατὸν
ἐστιν ἐν ἴσαις γωνίαις γίγνεσθαι πάσας ἀνακλάσεις,
ὅσας ὁμόσε χωρ ... οῦντες ἀξιοῦσιν αὑτοῖς τοῖς ἀπὸ
[p. 431] τῆς σελήνης. ἐπὶ γῆν φερομένοις ῥεύμασι τὴν ἰσότητα
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