Aristotle had treated directly problems such as the trajectory of missiles, the habits of animals, how knowledge is acquired, the freedom of the will, how virtue is connected with happiness, the relationship of the lunar and the sublunar worlds.
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The movement of the " moon " and the " tides " is frequently mentioned throughout the play, such as when Cleopatra states that, upon Antony's death, there is nothing of importance left " beneath the moon . " The elemental and astronomical " sublunar " imagery frequently referred to throughout the play is thus intertwined with the political manipulation that each character incites, yet the resulting winner of the political " game " relies in part on Chance, which has a supreme quality that the characters cannot maintain control over, and therefore must submit to.
