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Ptolemy

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Ptolemy's Almagest

I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia

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Ptolemy's Almagest

Eternity Mortality Night-Sky Sky

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.

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Eternity Mortality Night-Sky Sky

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