The Pythagoreans say, that the moon appears to us terraneous, by reason it is inhabited as our earth is, and in it there are animals of a larger size and plants of a rarer beauty than our globe affords; that the animals in their virtue1 and energy are fifteen degrees superior to ours; that they emit nothing excrementitious; and that the days are fifteen times longer. Anaxagoras, that the reason of the inequality ariseth from the commixture of things earthy and cold; and that fiery2 and caliginous matter is jumbled3 together, whereby the moon is said to be a star of a counterfeit4 aspect. The Stoics5, that on account of the diversity of her substance the composition of her body is subject to corruption6.

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virtue
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的 | |
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vt.伪造,仿造;adj.伪造的,假冒的 | |
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禁欲主义者,恬淡寡欲的人,不以苦乐为意的人( stoic的名词复数 ) | |
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n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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