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Principles should not be proven but assumed, since all principles are reduced to the one principle that is before all things besides itself. For I do not believe anyone doubts that the motion of the heaven, surrounding the elements, changes the fire and the air; and these in turn change the other elements, namely water and earth, and all living creatures, plants, and other things that have their existence beneath the lunar circle. All these things exist within them and undergo mutation or alteration. For the sun and the air work upon all earthly individuals and the parts of individuals; since no alteration happens to the earth except from the mutation of the sun through the signs—that is, the four seasons of the year, which are: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. This appears manifest in the fruits and leaves of trees, and also in animals which, at certain times of the year, join together and are moved to the generation of individuals of their species. This is seen especially in Spring more than in other times of the year. And we also see, from the daily rotation, the earth grow warm, cool down, dry out, and become moist. We likewise see at certain times of the year the flooding of waters and other mutations that occur because of the circular revolution of the driving heaven; and from this, alterations happen to all things placed on the earth, and especially in the waxing and waning of the light of the moon; because the moon is closer to the earth than the other stars, its impressions are more strongly felt. Similarly, the heat of the sun is felt more than the others, although perhaps other planets sometimes increase its efficacy and sometimes diminish it according to their nature. The impressions of the other stars are not felt as readily, but their effects appear over longer periods of time. For although the stars work, their effects cannot appear as clearly to the common people; they are, however, known by those skilled in the sciences.