Note 963 — Chapter IX · LEUKIPPOS OF MILETOS
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In dealing with Empedokles, Aristotle expressly makes this distinction. Cf. de Caelo, Β, 13, especially 295 a 32 sqq., where he points out that Empedokles does not account for the weight of bodies on the earth (οὐ γὰρ ἥ γε δίνη πλησιάζει πρὸς ἡμᾶς), nor for the weight of bodies before the vortex arose (πρὶν γενέσθαι τὴν δίνην).