sublunar
Speech parts
1. sublunar - Adjective
2. sublunar - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Alt. of Sublunary
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transcendental motives for sublunary actions
fleeting sublunary pleasures
the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball
Instead, providence is a power that emanates from the heavens to the sublunar region, and is responsible for the generation and destruction of earthly things, without any direct involvement in the lives of individuals.
It is, indeed, presented as the second part of the study of astronomy of which the Almagest was the first, concerned with the influences of the celestial bodies in the sublunar sphere.
Charles Genequand, (2001), Alexander of Aphrodisias: On the Cosmos, page 6. BRILL The topics dealt with are the nature of the heavenly motions and the relationship between the unchangeable celestial realm and the sublunar world of generation and decay.