TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . II. From v. ^26 to v. ^73, he teaches,that the firft little Bodies,or Principles of Things,are perfect Solids, and confequently, from v. ^73to V. 667, that they are Indivifible, Leafts, (forBody cannot be divided into Infinite) and eter-nal. VIII. In the next Place, from v. 667 toV. 729, he confutes the Opinion of Heraclitus,who held that Fire is the Principle of all Things;and of others who believd the like of Air, Wa-ter, or Earth. IX. Then from v. 729 to v. 840,he proves againft Empedocles, that Things arenot composd of the four Elements. X. FromV
TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . II. From v. ^26 to v. ^73, he teaches,that the firft little Bodies,or Principles of Things,are perfect Solids, and confequently, from v. ^73to V. 667, that they are Indivifible, Leafts, (forBody cannot be divided into Infinite) and eter-nal. VIII. In the next Place, from v. 667 toV. 729, he confutes the Opinion of Heraclitus,who held that Fire is the Principle of all Things;and of others who believd the like of Air, Wa-ter, or Earth. IX. Then from v. 729 to v. 840,he proves againft Empedocles, that Things arenot composd of the four Elements. X. FromV. 840 to V. 926, he refutes Anaxagoras. XL Laft-ly, from v. 926 to v. 1049 he teaches, that theUniverfe is Infinite on all fides, that the Corpuf-cles are infinite in Number, and that the Voidcannot be included in any Bounds. XII. Andfrom V. 1049 to the End of this Book, he laughsat thofe who believe there is a Centre in the U-niverfe, down to which all heavy Things arecontinually driving, while the light work up-wards of their own T, Lucre- C?]
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