Note 453 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 453: Οἱ δὲ ἡμέτεροι [i. e. the Stoics] καὶ ἀπὸ μαθημάτων πάντες, καὶ οἱ πλείους τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ Σωκρατικοῦ διδασκαλείου σφαιρικὸν εἶναι τὸ σχῆμα τῆς γῆς διεβεβαιώσαντο. Cleomedes, i. 8; cf. Lucretius, De Rerum Nat., i. 1052-1082; Stobæus, Eclog. i. 19; Plutarch, De facie in Orbe Luna, cap. vii.[Back to Main Text]