OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUN.
Anaximander says, that the sun itself in greatness is equal to the
earth, but that the circle from whence it receives its respiration and
in which it is moved is seven and twenty times larger than the earth.
Anaxagoras, that it is far greater than Peloponnesus. Heraclitus, that
it is no broader than a man’s foot. Epicurus, that he equally embraceth
all the foresaid opinions,—that the sun may be of magnitude as it
appears, or it may be somewhat greater or somewhat less.