NOTES ON EAKLY GREEK COSMOGONICAL SPECULATIONS 57 



or simply light and uight;^ or fire and night ;^ or again fire and 

 earth. •' 



Fire is the active, Night the passive element, and from a union 

 of these opposites spring all things. * 



Anaxagoras distinguishes as his two opposites, Air and ^ther, 

 the one, dark, moist, dense and cold; the other, bright, drj, subtile 

 and warm. The former segregates in the center of the world where 

 it forms the earth; the latter, in the outer regions of space. ^ 



Space prevents my giving further illustrations of this dualism 

 in other philosophers. I shall have to content myself with citing, in 

 briefest form, the principal references. * 



U 123. 

 n 126. 

 ^ Simplicius, Phys. 146, 26 D. R. and P., p. 94. kuI yap Uapfievi- 



8r)<i depfiov Koi -\jrv')(^pbv ap')(^a^ Trotet, ravra Se 'rrpocrayopevu irvp 



Kal yrfv. 



* Theophrastus in Diels, Dox. 482. R. and P. p. 95. Kara So^av Be 



ra)v TToWoov ek to yeveaiv airoSovvat roiv (f>aivofj,€vcov, Bvo irotSiv ra? 

 ap'X^d^, TTvp Kal yrjv, to fiev &)? vXrjv, t68^ &)? uItlov koI ttolovv. cf. 

 Cicero, Acad. II, 118. Parm. ignem qui moveat, terram quae 

 ab eo formetur. Plut. adv. Col. 13, 6. R. and P. p. 95. o? ye 

 Kal BiaKOcrfjLOv TreiroirjTai, Kal aTOi-yeia fiiyvv<;, to Xafiirpov xal 

 cTKOTeLvov eK tovtcov to, (^aivofieva irdma Kal 8ia tovtcov (nroTeXel. 

 '" Theophrastus in Diels, Dox. 516, 5, R. and P. p. 119. to fikv 

 fiavov Kal XeiTTOv Oepfiov, to Be ttvkvov Kal Tra'x^v yfrv^^pov, wcnrep 

 'Ava^ay6pa<; BtaLpel tov aepa Kal tov aWepa. Diels, Dox. 561, 27. 

 R. and P. p. 119. to fiev ovv ttvkvov Kal vypov Kal to crKOTeivov 

 Kal ■^v')(^p6v Kal irdvTa to, ^apea avveXOelv iirl to fiecrov, i^ wv iray- 

 evTcov TT]v yi]V viroaTfjvar to, B'avTCKeLfieva tovtoi<; to depfiov Kal to 

 Xa/MTrpov Kal to ^r)pov Kal to K0V(f)0v et? to irpoaoi tov aidepo<i 

 opp^riaai. 



* On Anaximines, Diels, Dox. 560,13. waTe to, KvpicoTaTa 7779 yevecyea}<; 



evavTia elvac Oep/xov T€ Kal yjrvx^pov. 

 On Zeno, Diog, IX, 29. R. and P. p. 105. yeyej^adai Be ttjv tmv 



TravTcov (f)vatv eK Oep/xov Kal yjrvx^pov Kal ^rjpov Kal vypov Xap,- 



^avovTQiv et? aXXrjXa ttjv fxeTajBoXrjv. 

 On Diogenes of Apollonia, Diels, Dox. 583. R. and P. p. 174. 



KO(T ixoTTOiel Be ovT(o<i' OTi TOV TTavTO^ Kivovfxevov Kal rj fiev apatov 



rj Be TTVKVOV yevofievov, ottov avveKvprjcre to ttvkvov, avcrTpo(f>r]v 



