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    It is not the case that Alcmaeon's analogy between soul and heavenly bodies—which he explicitly calls self-moving—suggests self-motion is intrinsic to his cosmological framework.

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    • 1.Ancient analogies often highlight one feature without committing the analogist to the complete metaphysical framework of the analogate.
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    • 2.Alcmaeon's surviving fragments are limited; claims about his 'framework' may extrapolate beyond textual evidence actually preserved.
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    • 3.Self-motion in heavenly bodies might explain only their observable behavior, not necessarily ground Alcmaeon's theory of the soul itself.
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    • 1.Alcmaeon explicitly designates heavenly bodies as 'self-moving,' indicating he theorizes autonomous motion as fundamental.
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    • 2.An analogy between soul and self-moving bodies suggests Alcmaeon attributes self-motion to the soul's essential nature.
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    • 3.Self-motion as intrinsic to both soul and cosmos indicates Alcmaeon integrated this principle throughout his cosmological system.
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