χαίρετε πάντες! Continuing on from last week's episode on Paul's idea of the spiritual body, we bring you the first of four episodes on Pythagoras, looking at his idea as to why celestial bodies are immortal. While Paul's and Pythagoras' theories are not quite the same, pneuma is central to both of them.

Enjoy!

Josep & Leandros

Here are the short sections which we discuss. Firstly, from Diogenes Laertius' 'Life of Pythagoras' (8.1.26-27):

τόν τε περὶ τὴν γῆν ἀέρα ἄσειστον καὶ νοσερὸν καὶ τὰ ἐναὐτῷ πάντα θνητά: τὸν δὲ ἀνωτάτω ἀεικίνητόν τ᾽ εἶναι καὶ καθαρὸν καὶ ὑγιᾶ καὶπάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀθάνατα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θεῖα. ἥλιόν τε καὶ σελήνην καὶ τοὺςἄλλους ἀστέρας εἶναι θεούς.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0257%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D1

Secondly, this sentence from the Hippocratic text 'On Winds' (3):

Ἀλλὰ μὴν ἡλίου τε καὶ σελήνης καὶ ἄστρων ὁδὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν· τῷ γὰρ πυρὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τροφή· τοῦ δὲ πνεύματος τὸ πῦρ στερηθὲν οὐκ ἂν δύναιτο ζῇν· ὥστε καὶ τὸν τοῦ ἡλίου δρόμον ἀένναον ὁ ἀὴρ ἀένναος καὶ λεπτὸς ἐὼν παρέχεται.

http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/erudits/Hippocrate/vents.htm

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