LucretiusLippincott, 1883 - 172 pages |
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Page 19
... particles , the elementary stone - dust becoming stone , wood - dust wood , iron - dust iron , and so on . This process , he taught , as has been said before , was not initiated by the particles themselves , or any principle immanent in ...
... particles , the elementary stone - dust becoming stone , wood - dust wood , iron - dust iron , and so on . This process , he taught , as has been said before , was not initiated by the particles themselves , or any principle immanent in ...
Page 26
... particles of an inconceivable minuteness , and are . alike in the absence of all attributes or qualities , except solidity , indestructibility , weight , and figure . They are far too small for sight to take any account of ; but this ...
... particles of an inconceivable minuteness , and are . alike in the absence of all attributes or qualities , except solidity , indestructibility , weight , and figure . They are far too small for sight to take any account of ; but this ...
Page 29
... particles , blood- particles , bone - particles , and so on . If this were the case , food could not nourish them , unless it contained in itself small bodies of blood , bone , and flesh . Then , too , if all bodies grow out of the ...
... particles , blood- particles , bone - particles , and so on . If this were the case , food could not nourish them , unless it contained in itself small bodies of blood , bone , and flesh . Then , too , if all bodies grow out of the ...
Page 34
... - water , he says , and you will see that its changes of colour are evidently not such as could be produced by any mixture of variously - coloured particles . Further and he here comes to a deeper kind of 34 LUCRETIUS .
... - water , he says , and you will see that its changes of colour are evidently not such as could be produced by any mixture of variously - coloured particles . Further and he here comes to a deeper kind of 34 LUCRETIUS .
Page 36
... particles were squeezed out of the earth , and these formed the sea , the sun , the stars , and the vault of heaven . First of all there issued out a fiery ether , which went up as we see mists going up now , and this formed itself into ...
... particles were squeezed out of the earth , and these formed the sea , the sun , the stars , and the vault of heaven . First of all there issued out a fiery ether , which went up as we see mists going up now , and this formed itself into ...
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