TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . e Figure are infi-nite 5 that it is to fay, that the round are infi-nite, the Square infinite, &c. X. In the nextPlace, to V. 678, he proceeds to (hew. ThatThings are not composd of Atoms of the fameFigure; and proves by feveral Arguments^That Compound Bodies contran Seeds of diffe-rent Figures. XI. Then he teaches. That Seedshave none of thofe Qualities, which we callfcnfible, as Colour, Taite, Cold^ Heat, &q. ARGUMENT. 9^ XII. And that they are not endowd with Senfe,tho colourd. Savoury, Hot, Cold and Senfi-ble Things are composd of them: To v. 988
TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . e Figure are infi-nite 5 that it is to fay, that the round are infi-nite, the Square infinite, &c. X. In the nextPlace, to V. 678, he proceeds to (hew. ThatThings are not composd of Atoms of the fameFigure; and proves by feveral Arguments^That Compound Bodies contran Seeds of diffe-rent Figures. XI. Then he teaches. That Seedshave none of thofe Qualities, which we callfcnfible, as Colour, Taite, Cold^ Heat, &q. ARGUMENT. 9^ XII. And that they are not endowd with Senfe,tho colourd. Savoury, Hot, Cold and Senfi-ble Things are composd of them: To v. Laftly, That thefe Infinite Seed?, flyingup and down through the Infinite Void, com-pofe Infinite Worlds, and that thefe Worlds areIbmetimes encreasd in Bulk by the Seeds thatdrop down out of the Infinite Space ; and fome-times diminifhd and diffolvd, becaufe the Seedsget loofe, and fly away from them into the In-finite Space likewife^ in like manner asPlants and Animals are born, encreafe inGrowth, wex old, and at length T. Luc RE - :Oli r( . \A\.:l 97 3
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