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imaginative_a figure_n he_o also_o affirm_v that_o those_o other_o four_o nature_n in_o general_n be_v incorruptible_a to_o wit_n the_o atom_n vacuity_n infinity_n and_o resemblance_n which_o also_o be_v call_v semblable_a parcel_n and_o element_n chap._n viii_o of_o daemon_n and_o demigod_n otherwise_o name_v hero_n to_o this_o treatise_n of_o the_o god_n meet_v it_o be_v to_o adjoine_v a_o discourse_n as_o touch_v the_o nature_n of_o daemon_n and_o hero_n thales_n pythagoras_n plato_n and_o the_o stoic_n hold_v that_o these_o daemon_n be_v spiritual_a substance_n and_o the_o hero_n soul_n separate_v from_o their_o body_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o be_v good_a and_o bad_a the_o good_a hero_n be_v the_o good_a soul_n and_o the_o bad_a hero_n the_o bad_a soul_n but_o epicurus_n admit_v none_o of_o all_o this_o chap._n ix_o of_o matter_n matter_n be_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a subject_n expose_v to_o generation_n corruption_n and_o other_o mutation_n the_o sectary_n of_o thales_n and_o pythagoras_n together_o with_o the_o stoic_n do_v say_v that_o this_o matter_n be_v variable_a mutable_a alterable_a and_o fluxible_a all_o whole_o through_o the_o universal_a world_n the_o disciple_n and_o follower_n of_o democritus_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o first_o principle_n be_v impassable_a to_o wit_n the_o small_a indivisible_a body_n atomos_fw-la voidnesse_n and_o incorporal_a aristotle_n and_o plato_n do_v hold_v that_o matter_n be_v corporal_a without_o form_n shape_n figure_n and_o quality_n in_o the_o own_o nature_n and_o property_n but_o when_o it_o have_v receive_v form_n once_o it_o become_v as_o it_o be_v a_o nurse_n a_o mould_n pattern_n and_o a_o mother_n they_o who_o set_v down_o for_o this_o matter_n water_n earth_n fire_n or_o air_n do_v not_o say_v that_o now_o it_o be_v without_o form_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a body_n but_o such_o as_o affirm_v that_o these_o atom_n and_o indivisible_a body_n be_v the_o say_a matter_n make_v it_o altogether_o formelesse_a chap._n x._o of_o idea_n idea_n be_v a_o bodiless_a substance_n which_o of_o itself_o have_v no_o subsistence_n but_o give_v figure_n and_o form_n unto_o shapeless_a matter_n and_o become_v the_o very_a cause_n that_o bring_v they_o into_o show_n and_o evidence_n socrates_n and_o plato_n suppose_v that_o these_o ideae_fw-la be_v substance_n separate_v and_o distinct_a from_o matter_n howbeit_o subsist_v in_o the_o thought_n and_o imagination_n of_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o mind_n and_o understanding_n aristotle_n admit_v very_o these_o form_n and_o ideae_fw-la howbeit_o not_o separate_v from_o matter_n as_o be_v the_o pattern_n of_o all_o that_o which_o god_n have_v make_v the_o stoic_n such_o as_o be_v the_o scholar_n of_o zeno_n have_v deliver_v that_o our_o thought_n and_o conceit_n be_v the_o ideae_fw-la chap._n xi_o of_o cause_n a_o cause_n be_v that_o whereupon_o depend_v or_o follow_v a_o effect_n or_o by_o which_o any_o thing_n happen_v plato_n have_v set_v down_o three_o kind_n of_o cause_n and_o those_o be_v distinguish_v by_o these_o term_n by_o which_o of_o which_o and_o for_o which_o but_o he_o take_v the_o most_o principal_a to_o be_v that_o by_o which_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o efficient_a cause_n which_o be_v the_o mind_n or_o understanding_n pythagoras_n and_o aristotle_n do_v hold_v that_o the_o principal_a cause_n be_v incorporal_a and_o as_o for_o other_o cause_n either_o by_o participation_n or_o by_o accident_n they_o be_v of_o a_o corporal_a substance_n and_o so_o the_o world_n be_v a_o body_n but_o the_o stoic_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o cause_n be_v corporal_a inasmuch_o as_o they_o be_v spirit_n chap._n xii_o of_o body_n a_o body_n be_v measurable_a and_o have_v three_o dimension_n length_n breadth_n and_o depth_n or_o thickness_n or_o thus_o a_o body_n be_v a_o mass_n that_o resist_v touch_v natural_o of_o itself_o
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