nec vero solidus stat robore corporis axis nec grave pondus habet, quod onus ferat aetheris alti, sed cum aer omnis semper volvatur in orbem quoque semel coepit totus volet undique in ipsum, quodcumque in medio est, circa quod cuncta moventur, usque adeo tenue ut verti non possit in ipsum nec iam inclinari nec se convertere in orbem, hoc dixere axem, quia motum non habet ullum ipse, videt circa volitantia cuncta moveri.
Yet the axis is not solid with the hardness of matter, nor does it possess massive weight such as to bear the burden of the lofty firmament; but since the entire atmosphere ever revolves in a circle, and every part of the whole rotates to the place from which it once began, that which is in the middle, about which all moves, so insubstantial that it cannot turn round upon itself or even submit to motion or spin in circular fashion, this men have called the axis, since, motionless itself, it yet sees everything spinning about it.
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