Fragment 1
Air is the nearest to an immaterial thing; for since we are generated in the flow of air, it is necessary that it should be infinite and abundant, because it is never exhausted. (b) PASSAGES RELATING TO ANAXIMENES IN ARISTOTLE, &c.
Source: Olympiodorus, in Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs I (Paris, 1887), p. 83
Fragment 1
ἐγγύς ἐστιν ὁ ἀὴρ τοῦ ἀσωμάτου· καὶ ὅτι κατ’ ἔκροιαν τούτου γινόμεθα, ἀνάγκη αὐτὸν καὶ ἄπειρον εἶναι καὶ πλούσιον διὰ τὸ μηδέποτε ἐκλείπειν.
Source: Olympiodorus, in Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs I (Paris, 1887), p. 83
Fragment 1
ἐγγύς ἐστιν ὁ ἀὴρ τοῦ ἀσωμάτου· καὶ ὅτι κατ’ ἔκροιαν τούτου γινόμεθα, ἀνάγκη αὐτὸν καὶ ἄπειρον εἶναι καὶ πλούσιον διὰ τὸ μηδέποτε ἐκλείπειν.
Air is the nearest to an immaterial thing; for since we are generated in the flow of air, it is necessary that it should be infinite and abundant, because it is never exhausted. (b) PASSAGES RELATING TO ANAXIMENES IN ARISTOTLE, &c.
Source: Olympiodorus, in Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs I (Paris, 1887), p. 83
Source: Olympiodorus, in Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs I (Paris, 1887), p. 83