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production_n of_o mineral_n or_o meteor_n and_o in_o the_o regular_a production_n of_o animal_n and_o men._n 2._o that_o in_o thing_n which_o yet_o hold_v their_o essential_a consistency_n yet_o there_o be_v very_o many_o alteration_n not_o only_o accidental_a as_o where_o thing_n be_v rarify_v or_o condense_v or_o make_v hot_a from_o be_v cold_a or_o cold_a from_o be_v hot_a but_o also_o such_o as_o seem_v connatural_a to_o the_o species_n thus_o we_o see_v in_o a_o man_n first_o he_o be_v a_o weak_a little_a infant_n than_o a_o yâ—uâ—h_n than_o a_o man_n than_o he_o become_v a_o old_a man_n and_o yet_o continue_v still_o a_o man_n till_o his_o dissolution_n and_o to_o these_o various_a state_n of_o his_o age_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v various_a alteration_n accommodate_v as_o difference_n in_o stature_n bigness_n strength_n activity_n understanding_n and_o the_o same_o be_v observable_a in_o proportion_n to_o their_o capacity_n in_o animal_n vegetable_n mineral_n and_o the_o like_a 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the_o clay_n to_o its_o final_a degree_n of_o hardness_n and_o the_o wax_n to_o its_o final_a degree_n of_o softness_n successive_o and_o gradual_o the_o fire_n assimilate_v the_o stubble_n and_o convert_v it_o into_o fire_n not_o in_o a_o instant_n but_o by_o degree_n though_o soon_o or_o slow_o according_a to_o the_o vicinity_n of_o each_o and_o the_o precedaneous_a preparation_n of_o congruity_n of_o the_o stubble_n to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o by_o the_o fire_n 4._o that_o these_o alteration_n that_o be_v thus_o successive_a and_o gradual_a as_o they_o can_v be_v perfect_o instantaneous_a so_o it_o be_v impossible_a they_o can_v last_v or_o continue_v for_o a_o infinite_a or_o eternal_a duration_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o as_o they_o must_v have_v a_o inception_n of_o their_o motion_n so_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n arrive_v to_o their_o compliment_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o time_n and_o can_v never_o hold_v out_o in_o their_o progress_n to_o a_o infinite_a duration_n 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to_o thing_n as_o we_o find_v they_o now_o have_v and_o
eternal_a but_o must_v be_v do_v gradual_o and_o successive_o and_o from_o one_o degree_n of_o bigness_n to_o another_o and_o since_o that_o augmentation_n can_v never_o be_v of_o a_o infinite_a procedure_n but_o be_v successive_a we_o must_v come_v to_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o increase_n within_o the_o measure_n of_o such_o a_o portion_n of_o time_n as_o we_o now_o find_v sufficient_a for_o such_o a_o production_n or_o increase_n it_o may_v be_v two_o or_o three_o hundred_o year_n which_o be_v but_o a_o finite_a duration_n can_v never_o be_v eternal_a and_o this_o necessary_a supposition_n of_o a_o successive_a alteration_n or_o increase_n utter_o destroy_v the_o possibility_n of_o a_o eternal_a duration_n in_o any_o thing_n capable_a of_o such_o alteration_n 1._o because_o it_o necessary_o suppose_v somewhat_o precedent_a to_o that_o state_n wherein_o it_o be_v namely_o a_o precedent_a alteration_n of_o it_o whereby_o it_o be_v now_o become_v what_o it_o now_o be_v and_o what_o 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corruption_n occasion_v ab_fw-la extrinseco_fw-la and_o we_o shall_v find_v 1._o that_o as_o the_o world_n be_v frame_v and_o as_o those_o that_o suppose_v it_o eternal_a must_v suppose_v it_o to_o have_v be_v always_o so_o frame_v there_o must_v necessary_o be_v incessant_a mutation_n alteration_n generation_n and_o corruption_n by_o the_o invasion_n and_o juxta-position_n of_o contrary_a nature_n agent_n patient_n quality_n motion_n the_o earth_n natural_o dry_a be_v moisten_v by_o the_o vicinity_n of_o the_o water_n and_o again_o dry_v by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o earth_n obstruct_v the_o fluidity_n of_o the_o water_n by_o mingle_v its_o grosser_n part_n with_o it_o all_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v in_o continual_a motion_n and_o agitation_n and_o mutual_a prey_v as_o it_o be_v one_o upon_o another_o which_o as_o necessary_o occasion_v mutation_n alteration_n generation_n and_o corruption_n as_o the_o very_o intrinsical_a dissolubility_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o mix_a body_n 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the_o person_n of_o socrates_n commend_v the_o country_n of_o attica_n altera_fw-la ejus_fw-la laus_fw-la erit_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la omne_fw-la animalia_fw-la omnigena_fw-la producebat_fw-la feras_fw-la &_o armenta_fw-la omne_fw-la tellus_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la nostra_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la sterilis_fw-la erat_fw-la agrestibúsque_fw-la animalibus_fw-la vacua_fw-la propriè_fw-la verò_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la animalibus_fw-la hominem_fw-la genuit_fw-la qui_fw-la caeteris_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la praestat_fw-la solúsque_fw-la jus_o ac_fw-la deos_fw-la colit_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o timaeus_n in_o the_o person_n of_o timaeus_n he_o give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o the_o original_a of_o mankind_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o to_o this_o effect_n that_o when_o almighty_a god_n have_v make_v and_o set_v in_o order_n the_o great_a world_n and_o endow_v it_o with_o a_o live_a soul_n and_o thereby_o it_o become_v a_o great_a animal_n and_o 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touch_v aristotle_n and_o the_o peripatetic_n that_o be_v his_o follower_n as_o simplicius_n averro_n and_o other_o except_o philoponus_n their_o opinion_n seem_v to_o be_v for_o the_o eternity_n not_o only_o of_o the_o world_n but_o of_o mankind_n and_o of_o the_o perfect_a animal_n so_o that_o in_o l._n 3._o the_o generatione_n animalium_fw-la cap._n 1._o he_o determin_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la primus_fw-la lo_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o his_o way_n of_o reason_v follows_z ocellus_n lucanus_n who_o be_v a_o more_o ancient_a philosopher_n and_o tenacious_o assert_v the_o eternity_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o aristotle_n himself_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v over-confident_a of_o this_o opinion_n but_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o problem_n and_o in_o some_o place_n seem_v to_o give_v intimation_n to_o the_o contrary_n 2._o politic_a cap._n 6._o putandum_fw-la est_fw-la primos_fw-la homines_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la geniti_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la corruption_n aliqua_fw-la servati_fw-la ignaros_fw-la fuisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o his_o 3_o d_o de_fw-fr generatione_n upon_o the_o various_a production_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n ut_fw-la animae_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la plena_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 10_o the_o problem_n sect_n 15._o qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr natura_fw-la disserunt_fw-la animantia_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la orta_fw-la esse_fw-la dicunt_fw-la ingenti_fw-la aliqua_fw-la mundi_fw-la universÃque_fw-la mutatione_n and_o in_o his_o 64_o the_o problem_n of_o his_o 10_o the_o section_n quam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la animantium_fw-la alia_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la coitu_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la sponte_fw-la naturae_fw-la procreantur_fw-la alia_fw-la ex_fw-la coitu_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la &_o equus_n etsi_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la aliam_fw-la causam_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la aliis_fw-la gignendi_fw-la tempus_fw-la breve_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la tempus_fw-la quod_fw-la vim_o obtinet_fw-la generandi_fw-la amplificetur_fw-la prorogetúrque_fw-la sed_fw-la temporum_fw-la vicissÃtudine_fw-la prorogationéque_fw-la ut_fw-la prorogetur_fw-la contingit_fw-la aliis_fw-la multò_fw-la generatio_fw-la ampliari_fw-la solet_fw-la etenim_fw-la vel_fw-la anno_fw-la vel_fw-la decem_fw-la mensium_fw-la spatio_fw-la confici_fw-la assolet_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la vel_fw-la nullo_n pacto_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la coitu_fw-la procreari_fw-la illa_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la so_o that_o he_o attribute_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o new_a production_n of_o man_n and_o great_a animal_n only_o to_o the_o time_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v perfect_v in_o utero_fw-la and_o l._n 1._o topicor_n cap._n 11._o he_o state_v the_o question_n whether_o the_o world_n have_v a_o beginning_n or_o not_o to_o be_v a_o problem_n wherein_o probability_n be_v on_o either_o side_n by_o these_o passage_n of_o aristotle_n 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temere_fw-la existimaveris_fw-la altero_fw-la de_fw-la duobus_fw-la his_fw-la modo_fw-la oriri_fw-la aut_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la verme_fw-la constituto_fw-la primum_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la ovo_fw-la quip_n cum_fw-la aut_fw-la intra_fw-la se_fw-la habeant_fw-la cibum_fw-la ad_fw-la incrementum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la conceptus_fw-la vermis_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la aliunde_fw-la accipere_fw-la ìdque_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la parent_n aut_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la conceptus_fw-la itaque_fw-la si_fw-la alterum_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la effluat_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la quomodo_fw-la caeteris_fw-la animalibus_fw-la ex_fw-la parent_n relinquitur_fw-la necessario_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la conceptus_fw-la accipiatur_fw-la talem_fw-la autem_fw-la generationem_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la ovo_fw-la aut_fw-la verme_fw-la fatemur_fw-la ergo_fw-la si_fw-la initium_fw-la ullum_fw-la generationis_fw-la omnium_fw-la animalium_fw-la 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in_o the_o
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