CHAPTER X.OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
Thales, the Stoics, and their followers say that the earth is globular.
Anaximander, that it resembles a smooth stony pillar.

Anaximenes, that it hath the shape of a table.

Leucippus, of a drum.

Democritus, that it is like a quoit externally, and hollow in the middle..