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Chrysippus
SVF II: Chrysippus on Logic and Physics Page scan-209
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Ancient Greek
τήν τ᾽ αὐγὴν καὶ τὸ ποιοῦν ὕδωρ : αὐτόν, ἀφ᾽ οὗ τὸ φῶς τῷ ὕδατι προσπῖπτον ἀναχέχλασται. τούτων δ᾽ ὁμο- καὶ , κελεύουσι τοὺς ἀνακλάσει φωτίξεσθαι τὴν γῆν ὑπὸ τῆς σελήνης ἀξιοῦντας ἐπιδεικνύναι νύκτωρ ἐμφαι- νόμενον τῇ σελήνῃ τὸν ἥλιον, ὥσπερ ἐμφαίνεται τῷ ὕδατι μεϑ᾽ is ἡμέραν, ὅταν ἀνάκλασις ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γένηται μὴ φαινομένου δὲ τούτου, κατ᾽ ἄλλον οἴονται τρόπον, οὐκ ἀνακλάσει, γίγνεσθαι τὸν φωτισμόν. εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο, μηδὲ γῆν εἶναι τὴν σελήνην. (Hanc i Stoicorum id εἰ h ἢ Ἢ " i ; 1 n ἢ ; à i3 p.221,28W Χρύσιππος ἐχλείπειν τὴν σελήνην ss 360» 251 Ast. Plac. II 29, 8). Diogenes La£rt VII 146. τὴν δὲ σελήνην (ἐχλείπειν) ἐμπίπτουσαν τῆς γῆς σκίασμα᾽ ὅϑεν καὶ ταῖς πανσελήνοις ὄ » ΄ μὲ i ἢ H j à i : E | | Jm H Ti ' | i 2 τὶ H ἢ
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
both the radiance and that which produces the water: the sun itself, from which the light, falling upon the water, is reflected. Those who maintain that the earth is illuminated by the moon through reflection are instructed to demonstrate that the sun appears in the moon at night, just as it appears in water by day whenever reflection from it occurs. Since this does not appear, they think that the illumination occurs in some other way, not by reflection. But if this is not so, neither is the moon an earth. (This [passage] of the Stoics ... Chrysippus says that the moon is eclipsed ... Astius, Placita II 29, 8). Diogenes Laertius VII 146. The moon is eclipsed when it enters the shadow of the earth, which is why this happens at full moons ...
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
… la lumière et l’eau qui la produit : lui-même, à partir duquel la lumière, tombant sur l’eau, est réfléchie. Ceux qui soutiennent que la terre est éclairée par la lune au moyen d’une réflexion leur enjoignent de montrer que, la nuit, le soleil apparaît dans la lune, comme il apparaît dans l’eau pendant le jour lorsqu’une réflexion provient de lui. Or, puisque cela n’apparaît pas, ils pensent que l’illumination se produit d’une autre manière, et non par réflexion. Si ce n’est pas le cas, la lune ne doit pas non plus être une terre. (Hanc i Stoicorum id εἰ h ἢ Ἢ " i ; 1 n ἢ ; à i3 p. 221,28 W. Chrysippe : la lune s’éclipse… 360, 251 Ast. Plac. II 29, 8).
Diogène Laërce VII 146. La lune s’éclipse lorsqu’elle tombe dans l’ombre de la terre ; c’est pourquoi aussi lors des pleines lunes… ὄ » ΄ μὲ i ἢ H j à i : E | | Jm H Ti ' | i 2 τὶ H ἢ
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