(...)"All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite. And, when all things were together, none of them could be distinguished for their smallness. For air and aether prevailed over all things, being both of them infinite; for amongst all things these are the greatest both in quantity and size.[1] Fragment 2 For air and aether are separated off from the mass that surrounds the world, and the surrounding mass is infinite in quantity. Fragment 3 Nor is there a least of what is small, but(...)".