…In one fragment of his work, he wrote, “Just as our soul, which is air, governs and sustains us, so the whole of the cosmos is encompassed by breath, i.e., air.” He understood Anaximander’s “To-apeiron” to be “air (aer)” and believed that the formation of all things could be explained by the single element of air. In other words, he believed that the thickening and thinning of air produced different things, such as clouds, water, earth, and stone. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "aēr" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その著作の一つの断片には〈空気たるわれわれの魂がわれわれを支配維持するがごとく,コスモス全体を包括するのは気息,すなわち空気なり〉と書かれている。彼はアナクシマンドロスの〈ト・アペイロン〉を〈空気(アエルaēr)〉であると理解し,空気という元素的なもの一つで万物の成立を説明できると考えた。すなわち空気の濃厚化と希薄化の作用によって,例えば雲や水,土や石などの異なったものができるとしたのである。… ※「aēr」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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