For he says that all things come from water and all are resolved into water. Secondly, the fact that all plants are nourished by moisture and bear fruit, and unless they get moisture they wither away. Thirdly, the fact that the very fire of the sun and the stars is fed by the exhalations from the waters, and so is the universe itself. Thales et al. The physicists, followers of Thales, all recognise that the void is really a void.
Necessity is most powerful, for it controls everything.
Dox . 327. Thales et al. And the ecliptic in the three middle ones is called the zodiac and is projected to touch the three middle ones. All these are cut by the meridian at a right angle from the north to the opposite quarter. The stars consist of earth, but are on fire.