TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . ht to prove: And when he atlength flies to what they call a Mathematical Leaft, v. 630,he indeed preffes hard on his Adverfaries, and reduces themto great Difnculties,but is reducd to nolefs Streights 668. He triumphs over Heraclitus, Empedoclies, A-naxagoras, and others : At length, v. 960. he imploys a longDifputation, to prove the Univerfe, which confifts of Bodyand Void, to be infinite : And here he is very copious inhis Arguments againft the Stoicks^ who held a Centre inthe infinite Univerfe, and defcribes the Opinions of Epicu-rus

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TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . ht to prove: And when he atlength flies to what they call a Mathematical Leaft, v. 630,he indeed preffes hard on his Adverfaries, and reduces themto great Difnculties,but is reducd to nolefs Streights 668. He triumphs over Heraclitus, Empedoclies, A-naxagoras, and others : At length, v. 960. he imploys a longDifputation, to prove the Univerfe, which confifts of Bodyand Void, to be infinite : And here he is very copious inhis Arguments againft the Stoicks^ who held a Centre inthe infinite Univerfe, and defcribes the Opinions of Epicu-rus with a great Deal of Eloquence: But they being allbuilt on falfe Suppofitions, fall together to the he banifhes the Antipodes, which a truer Philofophyand Experience have long fince recalld, and fettled in theirAntient Abodes. However he fooths with his Argumentsthe Imagination of Man, which delights to be led away intoan Infinite, and never yet fixd any Bounds to Space, norever will dare to do fo. The E N 0 of the Fir ft l9il

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