TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . The E N D of the Second Book- [1891. Tanaquil Fabers PREFACE TO THE READER Of the Third B o o k of LU C R ET IV S. BIS is that Book of Lucretius, which^above all the reJrJy ought to be read withmo ft Judgment andDifcretion: For finesit is in this, that the Foet endeavours toprove the Soul to be of a corporeal Nature^it may fall out that fome will too creduloujlyyield themfelves up to his Arguments; while others^, per-fivadcd that fuch a DoBrine, right or wrong, ought iobe condemn d without Mercy, will voluntarily deprivethemfelves of reading fo excel

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TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . The E N D of the Second Book- [1891. Tanaquil Fabers PREFACE TO THE READER Of the Third B o o k of LU C R ET IV S. BIS is that Book of Lucretius, which^above all the reJrJy ought to be read withmo ft Judgment andDifcretion: For finesit is in this, that the Foet endeavours toprove the Soul to be of a corporeal Nature^it may fall out that fome will too creduloujlyyield themfelves up to his Arguments; while others^, per-fivadcd that fuch a DoBrine, right or wrong, ought iobe condemn d without Mercy, will voluntarily deprivethemfelves of reading fo excellent a Book, Lefi this fljouldhappen, it will not be amifs to put them in Mind, thatmany of ihe Antients were of Opinion, that Spirits are to bereckon d in the Number of Corporeal Things, Amongthefe was not only Forphyriur, in his admirabk Xl^yr^^;tTf|* ^ i^ * but Thtinm and Jambliclms: andvf

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