Just as our soul, being air, constrains us, so breath and air envelops the whole kosmos.
οἷον ἡ ψυχή ἡ ἡμετέρα ἀὴρ οὖσα συγκρατεῖ ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὅλον τὸν κόσμον πνεῦμα καὶ ἀὴρ περιέχει
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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