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οὐ γὰρ ἄν, φησίν, οἷόν τε ἦν οὕτω δεδάσθαι ἄνευ νοήσιος, ὥστε πάντων μέτρα ἔχειν, χειμῶνός τε καὶ θέρους καὶ νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας καὶ ὑετῶν καὶ ἀνέμων καὶ εὐδιῶν· καὶ τὰ ἄλλα, εἴ τις βούλεται ἐννοεῖσθαι, εὑρίσκοι ἂν οὕτω διακείμενα ὡς ἀνυστὸν κάλλιστα—ἐπάγει, ὅτι καὶ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ζῶια ἐκ τῇς ἀρχῆς ταύτης, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὁ ἀήρ. καὶ ζῆι καὶ ψυχὴν ἔχει καὶ νόησιν, λέγων οὕτως·
Fragmenta. Diogenes of Apollonia. ed. Hermann Diels. Berlin. 1922.
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