I. 53 sq. Now the only
thing with Aristotle which is [Greek: aeikinetos] in eternal perfect
circular motion (for to the ancients circular motion is alone perfect and
eternal), is the [Greek: aither] or [Greek: pempton soma], that fiery
external rim of the universe of which the stars are mere nodes, and with
which they revolve. How natural then, in the absence of Aristotle's works,
to conclude that the [Greek: aeikinetos psyche] of Plato came from the
[Greek: aeikinetos aither] of Aristotle! Arist. had guarded himself by
saying that the soul as an [Greek: arche kineseos] must be [Greek:
akinetos], but Cic. had no means of knowing this (see Stob. I. 41, 36).
Again, Plato had often spoken of souls at death flying away to the outer
circle of the universe, as though to their natural home, just where Arist.
placed his [Greek: pempton soma] Any one who will compare _T.D._ I. 43 with
the _Somn. Scipionis_ will see what power this had over Cicero. Further,
Cic. would naturally link the mind in its origin with the stars which both
Plato and Arist. looked on as divine (cf. _Somn. Scip._ 15) These
considerations will be enough to show that neither Cic. nor Antiochus, whom
Madv. considers responsible for the error, could have escaped it in any way
not superhuman except by the recovery of Aristotle's lost works, which did
not happen till too late. _Sensus_: we seem here to have a remnant of the
distinction drawn by Arist. between animal heat and other heat, the former
being [Greek: analogon to ton astron stoicheio] (_De Gen. An._ II. 3, qu.
R. and P. 299). _Ignem_: the Stoics made no difference, except one of
degree, between [Greek: aither] and [Greek: pyr], see Zeller 189, 190.
_Ipsam naturam_: [Greek: pyr] is [Greek: kat' exochen stoicheion] (Stob. I.
10, 16), and is the first thing generated from the [Greek: apoios hyle];
from it comes air, from air water, from water earth (Diog. Laert. VII. 136,
137) The fire is [Greek: logikon], from it comes the [Greek: hegemonikon]
of man, which comprises within it all powers of sensation and thought.
These notions came from Heraclitus who was a great hero of the Stoics
(Zeller ch. VIII. with notes) For his view of sensation and thought see
Sextus _Adv. Math._ VII. 127--129, qu. by R. and P. 21. The Stoics probably
misunderstood him; cf. R. and P. "Heraclitus," and Grote's _Plato_ I. 34
sq. _Expers corporis_: for Stoic materialism see Zeller, pp. 120 sq. The
necessity of a connection between the