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Page 114
... immortal , it would not complain of extinction in the hour of death , but would feel rather that it was escaping from confinement and sloughing off its garment like a snake . - Even while the vital spirit yet lingers within the boun ...
... immortal , it would not complain of extinction in the hour of death , but would feel rather that it was escaping from confinement and sloughing off its garment like a snake . - Even while the vital spirit yet lingers within the boun ...
Page 119
... immortal being need fear no danger . Again , it is surely ludicrous to suppose that spirits are standing by at the mating and birth of animals - a number- less number of immortals on the look - out for mortal frames , jostling and ...
... immortal being need fear no danger . Again , it is surely ludicrous to suppose that spirits are standing by at the mating and birth of animals - a number- less number of immortals on the look - out for mortal frames , jostling and ...
Page 120
... immortal and everlasting should unite to form a compound and jointly weather the storms that rage about them ? Again , there can be only three kinds of everlasting objects . The first , owing to the absolute solidity of their substance ...
... immortal and everlasting should unite to form a compound and jointly weather the storms that rage about them ? Again , there can be only three kinds of everlasting objects . The first , owing to the absolute solidity of their substance ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Synopsis | 21 |
MOVEMENTS AND SHAPES OF ATOMS | 60 |
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Lucretius on the Nature of Things: A Philosophical Poem, in Six Books Titus Lucretius Carus No preview available - 2018 |
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