Ὠκεανός, ὅσπερ γένεσις πάντεσσι τέτυκταιἀλλὰ πολλοῦ δεῖ μάτην ταῦτα γεγονέναι: καὶ γὰρ ’
ἀνδράσιν ἠδὲ θεοῖς, πλείστην ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησιν.
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‘ σελήνην, μάτην γεγονέναι καὶ πρὸς μηδέν. οὐδὲ γὰρ τήνδε τὴν γῆν δι᾽ ὅλης ἐνεργὸν οὐδὲ προσοικουμένην
ὁρῶμεν, ἀλλὰ μικρὸν αὐτῆς μέρος, ὥσπερ ἄκροις τισὶν ἢ χερρονήσοις ἀνέχουσιν ἐκ βυθοῦ
γόνιμόν ἐστι ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν, τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων τὰ μὲν ἔρημα καὶ ἄκαρπα χειμῶσι καὶ αὐχμοῖς, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα κατὰ τῆς μεγάλης δέδυκε θαλάσσης. ἀλλὰ
σύ, τὸν Ἀρίσταρχον ἀγαπῶν ἀεὶ καὶ θαυμάζων, οὐκ ἀκούεις Κράτητος ἀναγιγνώσκοντος
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