... it's own feet a flea can jump, or how gnats producer their hum. In addition it is mentioned that the philosophers are "studying the path of the moon", investigate "phenomena underground" and examine "the lower reaches of hell" (page 120, Penguin edition, The Clouds, Aristophanes). The idea that Socrates investigates astronomy, cosmology, geometry and rhetoric seem believable enough, but other suggestions, such as ... the sophists believing that too much air is bad for the brain, seems to merely be an invention for the sake of comedy. The character of Socrates seems equally unbelievable. ...

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