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... action , residing in all forms of Matter , and by its working producing what we call Chance . He not only endeavours to prove that this was the actual teaching of Epicurus , but even accepts it as scientifically true . M. Guyau's theory ...
... action , residing in all forms of Matter , and by its working producing what we call Chance . He not only endeavours to prove that this was the actual teaching of Epicurus , but even accepts it as scientifically true . M. Guyau's theory ...
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... action ? His antagonism to religion - why ? Divination . The popular belief in many Divine powers acting in nature was irreverent and de- basing : Lucretius finally broke it down by preaching the realm of Law . His mistrust of Nature ...
... action ? His antagonism to religion - why ? Divination . The popular belief in many Divine powers acting in nature was irreverent and de- basing : Lucretius finally broke it down by preaching the realm of Law . His mistrust of Nature ...
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... action within it.1 6 The poem on Nature , ' De Rerum Natura , has an extraneous interest ; it is of value for more than the thoughts of Lucretius . If Epicurus's great work , in thirty - seven books , entitled ' Con- cerning Nature ...
... action within it.1 6 The poem on Nature , ' De Rerum Natura , has an extraneous interest ; it is of value for more than the thoughts of Lucretius . If Epicurus's great work , in thirty - seven books , entitled ' Con- cerning Nature ...
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... action is the polytheistic one of 1i . 592-7 . Lucretius is constantly using the word certus to describe the fixity and unchangeableness of law , as manifested in the growth of natural productions . See the passages quoted in our ...
... action is the polytheistic one of 1i . 592-7 . Lucretius is constantly using the word certus to describe the fixity and unchangeableness of law , as manifested in the growth of natural productions . See the passages quoted in our ...
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... action . ' Further , we may ask in passing , is it correct to say that Lucretius has no notion of chemical affinity ? If our in- terpretation of the term concilium be correct , ' he had , at all events , some faint one . 1 · Having ...
... action . ' Further , we may ask in passing , is it correct to say that Lucretius has no notion of chemical affinity ? If our in- terpretation of the term concilium be correct , ' he had , at all events , some faint one . 1 · Having ...
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