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On the luminousity of the moon (892-901).
Epicurus says the sun is the size it
looks. The laws of nutrition and the support of life (843-848). And the rocks
with their various strata? Take the measure of the sun at the solstice in
mid-June. The laws of nutrition and the support of life (843-848). And they say
that this Sense is situated in the centre of thehead between Sensation and
Memory. Miscellaneous physiological observations (840-842). Considerations as
to the size of the sun (886-891). 4 ounces of virgin wax, 4 ounces of
colophony, 2 ounces ofincense. Have it wellcooked, unspiced and undisguised.
And why does the weight knowhow to find it by so short a line?
: Telescopes
were not in use till a centurylater.
Why does not the weight _o_ remain in its
place?
Fear or timidity is theprolongation of life and preservation of its
instruments. Here and there in Platoswritings we find incidental notes on the
sun and other heavenlybodies.
I reveal to men the origin of the first, or
perhaps second cause oftheir existence. Because it is not independant anddoes
not move about in various directions. The question of the true and of the
apparent size of the sun(879-884).
HOW THE BODY OF ANIMALS IS CONSTANTLY DYING
AND BEING RENEWED.
Post-imagining, is imagining the things that are past.
HOW
THE FIVE SENSES ARE THE MINISTERS OF THE SOUL.
And the rocks with their various
strata?
Here and there in Platoswritings we find incidental notes on the sun
and other heavenlybodies. Thethree senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well
be prevented;touch and taste not at all. Let _a_ be the sun, and _n m_ the
ruffled water, _b_ the image ofthe sun when the water is smooth.
WHY THE SUN
APPEARS LARGER WHEN SETTING THAN AT NOON, WHEN IT ISNEAR TO US. A METHOD OF
SEEING THE SUN ECLIPSED WITHOUT PAIN TO THE EYE.
WHY MEN ADVANCED IN AGE SEE
BETTER AT A DISTANCE.
A remedy for scratches taught me by the Herald to the
King ofFrance. Those who are annoyed by sickness at sea should drink extract
ofwormwood. Have it wellcooked, unspiced and undisguised. Pre-imagining, is
imagining the things that are to be. Beyond the sun and us there is darkness
and so the air appears blue.
LEWIS, _The Astronomy of the ancients_, page 109;
MADLER,_Geschichte der Himmelskunde_, page 41).
Nothing that has very little
weight is opaque.
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