NH 2.10
Chiara Palladino / Pliny, Naturalis Historia
- Created on 2022-03-11 11:57:16
- Translated by H. Rackam, 1952
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Latin
English
Nec de elementis video dubitari quattuor esse ea : ignium summum , inde tot stellarum illos conlucentium oculos ; proximum spiritus , quem Graeci nostrique eodem vocabulo aera appellant , vitalem hunc et per cuncta rerum meabilem totoque consertum ; huius vi suspensam cum quarto aquarum elemento librari medio spatii tellurem .
As
regards
the
elements
also
I
observe
that
they
are
accepted
as
being
four
in
number
:
topmost
the
element
of
fire
,
source
of
yonder
eyes
of
all
those
blazing
stars
;
next
the
vapour
which
the
Greeks
and
our
own
nation
call
by
the
same
name
,
air
-
this
is
the
principle
of
life
,
and
penetrates
all
the
universe
and
is
intertwined
with
the
whole
;
suspended
by
its
force
in
the
centre
of
space
is
poised
the
earth
,
and
with
it
the
fourth
element
,
that
of
the
waters
.