# in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium 76

Joannes Philoponus, in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium, IOANNIS PHILOPONI IN METEOROLOGICORUM. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-philoponus-phil/in-aristotelis-meteorologicorum-librum-primum-commentarium/76

Αὕτη δὲ αὐτή τε καὶ τοῦ συνεχοῦς ὑπ’ αὐτὴν ἀέρος ἐπὶ πολὺ συμπεριάγεται περὶ τὴν γῆν ὑπὸ τῆς φορᾶς καὶ τῆς κινήσεως. Ἐπὶ πολύ φησι τοῦ ἀέρος τὸν διατείνοντα λέγων ἀέρα μέχρι τῆς κορυφῆς τῶν ὑψηλοτάτων ὀρῶν, ὃς λιμνάζων οὐ συνεφέλκεται τοῖς κυκλοφορουμένοις ὑπὸ τῶν περιεχόντων ὀρῶν κωλυόμενος. βίαιον οὖν τὴν περιφορὰν τῶν δύο τούτων σωμάτων εἶναι βούλεται. καὶ πῶς τὸ βίᾳ καὶ παρὰ φύσιν διηνεκές; ἑτέρωθι δὲ περὶ τούτων εἰρήκαμεν ἱκανῶς. τὸ δὲ περὶ τὴν γῆν συμπεριάγεσθαι ὡς περὶ κέντρον βουλομένου ἐστὶ τὴν γῆν· κέντρου γὰρ λόγον ἔχειν τὴν γῆν μετὰ τοῦ συναπειλημμένου ὕδατος καὶ τοῦ λιμνάζοντος ἀέρος πρὸς τὴν ἀπλανῆ δέδεικται.

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John Philoponus, in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium, ed. Michael Hayduck. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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