Lucretius on the Nature of the Universe1951 |
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... fiery. So long as they possessed and retained a fiery nature, it would make no odds if some of them were detached and withdrawn and others tacked on and some were reshuffled. Whatever they created would still be simply fire. The truth ...
... fiery. So long as they possessed and retained a fiery nature, it would make no odds if some of them were detached and withdrawn and others tacked on and some were reshuffled. Whatever they created would still be simply fire. The truth ...
Page 179
... fiery sun's dissolvent rays, partly because it seeps away in all directions under the ground. The brine is filtered out, and the main bulk of the water flows back and reassembles in full at the fountainhead. Hence it flows overground, a ...
... fiery sun's dissolvent rays, partly because it seeps away in all directions under the ground. The brine is filtered out, and the main bulk of the water flows back and reassembles in full at the fountainhead. Hence it flows overground, a ...
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... fiery storm from heaven? Why do the throwers waste their strength on deserts? Are they getting their hand in and exercising their arms? And why do they allow the Father's weapon to be blunted on the ground? Why does Jupiter himself put ...
... fiery storm from heaven? Why do the throwers waste their strength on deserts? Are they getting their hand in and exercising their arms? And why do they allow the Father's weapon to be blunted on the ground? Why does Jupiter himself put ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
MATTER AND SPACE | 27 |
MOVEMENTS AND SHAPES OF ATOMS | 60 |
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