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in_o the_o same_o chapter_n of_o plutarch_n 292._o empedocles_n teach_v that_o the_o air_n give_v way_n to_o the_o force_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o north_n incline_v the_o northern_a part_n be_v elevate_v and_o the_o southern_a one_o depress_v and_o this_o happen_v by_o that_o mean_n to_o the_o whole_a world_n here_o be_v a_o mighty_a effect_n produce_v without_o a_o cause_n assign_v at_o least_o here_o be_v non_fw-la causa_fw-la pro_fw-la causa_fw-la the_o assignation_n of_o a_o cause_n altogether_o incompetent_a and_o not_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o why_o shall_v the_o air_n yield_v to_o the_o force_n of_o the_o sun_n more_o towards_o the_o south_n than_o towards_o the_o north_n when_o his_o force_n be_v equal_a upon_o both_o the_o region_n at_o once_o for_o he_o move_v at_o all_o time_n exact_o in_o the_o midst_n betwixt_o they_o his_o influence_n must_v be_v exact_o alike_o upon_o each_o and_o therefore_o that_o it_o shall_v cause_v the_o depression_n of_o one_o more_o than_o of_o 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very_o long_o before_o the_o next_o sentence_n be_v leucippus_n thus_o deliver_v by_o laertiâ—s_n 292._o that_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v subject_a to_o eclipse_n long_o of_o the_o earth_n incline_v to_o the_o south_n and_o that_o the_o northern_a region_n be_v always_o snowy_a frosty_a and_o icy_a but_o by_o plutarch_n thus_o ibid._n leucippus_n be_v of_o the_o mind_n that_o the_o earth_n verge_n towards_o the_o southern_a region_n because_o of_o the_o thinness_n or_o openness_n of_o they_o for_o while_o the_o northern_a part_n be_v freeze_v with_o cold_a the_o opposite_a be_v hot_a to_o take_v off_o this_o we_o need_v but_o reflect_v on_o what_o have_v be_v say_v already_o for_o how_o can_v the_o southern_a pole_n of_o the_o earth_n dip_v into_o the_o air_n by_o reason_n the_o air_n at_o that_o pole_n be_v hot_a and_o more_o rarify_v than_o it_o be_v at_o the_o northern_a pole_n when_o the_o sun_n cut_v his_o way_n most_o even_o betwixt_o both_o the_o pole_n or_o if_o it_o can_v 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