Preparation for the Gospel

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Gifford, 1903

Book 15, 48. Whence the Stars Derive Their Light

‘METEODORUS: the fixed stars are all illumined by the Sun.

‘Heracleitus and the Stoics: the stars are fed from the exhalation of the Earth.

‘Aristotle: the heavenly bodies have no need of nourishment; for they are not perishable but eternal.

‘Plato: there is a common nourishment of the whole world and of the stars from themselves.’