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D. 482, 14] Ἀναξιμάνδρου φησὶν ἀκοῦσαι). ὅμως δ' οὖν ἀκούσας καὶ Ξενοφάνους οὐκ ἠκο- λούθησεν αὐτῶι. ἐκοινώνησε δὲ καὶ Ἀμεινίαι Διοχαίτα τῶι Πυθαγορικῶι, ὡς ἔφη Σωτίων, ἀνδρὶ πένητι μέν, καλῶι δὲ καὶ ἀγαθῶι. ὧι καὶ μᾶλλον ἠκολούθησε καὶ ἀποθανόντος ἡρῶιον ἱδρύσατο γένους τε ὑπάρχων λαμπροῦ καὶ πλούτου, καὶ ὑπ' Ἀμεινίου, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὑπὸ Ξενοφάνους εἰς ἡσυχίαν προετράπη. πρῶτος δὲ οὗτος τὴν γῆν ἀπέφαινε σφαιροειδῆ καὶ ἐν μέσωι κεῖσθαι. δύο τε εἶναι στοιχεῖα, πῦρ καὶ γῆν, καὶ τὸ μὲν δημιουργοῦ τάξιν ἔχειν, τὴν δὲ ὕλης. (22) γένεσίν τε ἀν- θρώπων ἐξ ἡλίου πρῶτον γενέσθαι· αὐτὸν [?] δὲ ὑπάρχειν τὸ θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ψυ- χρόν, ἐξ ὧν τὰ πάντα συνεστάναι. καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸν νοῦν ταὐτὸν εἶναι, καθὰ μέμνηται καὶ Θεόφραστος ἐν τοῖς Φυσικοῖς [fr. 6a. 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