Empedocles and the Stoics1 believe that winter is caused by the thickness of the air prevailing2 and mounting upwards3; and summer by fire, it falling downwards4.
This description being given by me of Meteors, or those things that are above us, I must pass to those things which are terrestrial.

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stoics
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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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prevailing
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adj.盛行的;占优势的;主要的 | |
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upwards
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adv.向上,在更高处...以上 | |
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downwards
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adj./adv.向下的(地),下行的(地) | |
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