“Just as our soul, being air, constrains us, so breath and air envelops the whole kosmos.”

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οἷον ἡ ψυχή ἡ ἡμετέρα ἀὴρ οὖσα συγκρατεῖ ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὅλον τὸν κόσμον πνεῦμα καὶ ἀὴρ περιέχει

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Ancient Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher -585–-525 BC

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