# in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium 92

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/92

Ἔτι δὲ νύκτωρ ἐν ὕδατι καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐνόπτροις τὸ μὲν γάλα ἐμφαίνεται θεωροῦσι, τὸ δὲ τὴν ὄψιν ἀνακλᾶσθαι πρὸς ἥλιον πῶς δυνατόν; Ἕσχατος ἔλεγχος καὶ λίαν ἐναργὴς οὗτος τῶν ἔμφασιν εἶναι τὸ γάλα λεγόντων καὶ μὴ πάθος αὐτὸ καθ’ ὕπαρξιν ἰδίαν τοῦ ὑποκειμένου σώματος. νύκτωρ γὰρ ἀποβλέψαντες εἰς ὕδωρ τὸν γαλαξίαν τεθεωρήκαμεν ἐν αὐτῷ, μᾶλλον δὲ ἔμφασιν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἴδωλον, ὡς καὶ ἄλλους ἀστέρας οὕτω τεθεάμεθα, τῶν ὄψεων ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀνακλωμένων. ἄλογον γὰρ καὶ ἀδύνατον τὸ λέγειν ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος ἀνακλᾶσθαι τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν, ἢ πρῶτον μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ ἄστρα, πάλιν δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄλλην ἐπὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἀνάκλασιν γίνεσθαι. ἐξησθένουν γὰρ ἂν οὕτως αἱ ὄψεις τῷ τε μεγέθει τῶν διαστημάτων καὶ τῷ ποσῷ τῶν ἀνακλάσεων, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδὲ χωρεῖν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἠδύναντο, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ ὑπὸ γῆν μεσουρανοίη. δῆλον οὖν ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν ἔμφασις ἀλλ’ ὑπόστασις. ὅθεν ὡς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἀστέρας ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν γαλαξίαν ἀνακλώμεναι ἡμῶν αἱ ὄψεις τὴν ἔμφασιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ εἴδωλον βλέπουσιν ἐν τῷ ὕδατι. οὕτω τὰς περὶ τοῦ γάλακτος ὑποθέσεις τῶν προγενεστέρων ἐλέγξας τὴν οἰκείαν αὐτὸς ἐκτίθεται.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4015.tlg005.local001/.