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be_v the_o mansion_n of_o the_o godhead_n be_v admit_v where_o can_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o god_n live_v aristotle_n be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o peripatetic_n his_o three_o book_n of_o philosophy_n here_o quote_v be_v not_o extant_a a_o great_a many_o more_o theological_a opinion_n and_o error_n of_o his_o than_o be_v here_o recount_v may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o his_o physic_n metaphysic_n and_o other_o part_n of_o his_o work_n the_o planet_n five_o of_o they_o be_v nominate_v asia_n pag._n 20._o heraclides_fw-la of_o pontus_n in_o asia_n in_o the_o planet_n five_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 20._o l._n 6._o have_v stuff_v his_o book_n with_o sundry_a childish_a fable_n tho'_o his_o book_n be_v for_o the_o great_a part_n only_o allegorical_a fable_n and_o that_o he_o for_o the_o generality_n treat_v of_o light_a matter_n yet_o now_o and_o then_o he_o advance_v to_o thing_n of_o more_o weight_n and_o one_o while_o he_o will_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 17._o universal_a brute_n nature_n which_o contain_v within_o it_o the_o cause_n of_o etc._n etc._n lin_v ult_n strato_n be_v a_o atheist_n strato_n strato_n ascribe_v all_o to_o brute_n nature_n who_o he_o make_v to_o follow_v the_o temerarious_a impulse_n of_o chance_n he_o deny_v atom_n see_v laertius_n touch_v he_o l._n 5._o 21._o zeno._n pag._n 21._o be_v a_o divinity_n be_v divine_a and_o that_o it_o be_v capacitate_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 21._o lin_v 5._o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o any_o such_o which_o never_o meet_v we_o either_o in_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 13._o impulse_n extend_v reason_n i._n e._n a_o certain_a power_n ofvnderstanding_n diffuse_v through_o all_o nature_n to_o be_v divine_o affect_v endue_v with_o the_o same_o qualification_n that_o the_o divine_a be_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 15_o 16_o 17._o he_o utter_o destroy_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o deity_n vulgar_o imprint_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o mortal_n for_o he_o reckon_v not_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 22_o etc._n etc._n but_z teach_v 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thing_n be_v more_o divine_a which_o of_o its_o own_o accord_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 20._o of_o great_a value_n more_o perfect_a then_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 92._o 92._o pag._n 92._o lin_v 1._o from_z the_o beginning_n ever_o a_o reason_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 28._o at_o liberty_n not_o hinder_v fulfil_v her_o course_n come_v to_o perfection_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 93._o 93._o pag._n 93._o lin_v 1._o that_o therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o therefore_o must_v there_o needs_o be_v a_o four_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 14._o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n i._n e._n thatvniversal_a nature_n the_o world_n which_o contain_v the_o perfection_n of_o all_o particular_a thing_n or_o nature_n on_o which_o a_o deity_n in_o that_o other_o cause_n do_v depend_v in_o act_v none_o can_v be_v able_a to_o impede_fw-la it_o the_o stoique_n as_o i_o say_v before_o confound_v god_n with_o the_o world_n world_n the_o stoique_n confound_v god_n with_o the_o world_n the_o work_n with_o the_o artificer_n and_o 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orat._n 135_o of_o perfection_n of_o that_o which_o be_v so_o i_o e._n the_o world_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 94._o world_n pag._n 94._o god_n not_o confine_v within_o the_o world_n lin_v 23._o and_o every_o thing_n be_v contain_v therein_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 25._o christian_n comprise_v not_o god_n within_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o universe_n or_o the_o university_n of_o create_a thing_n as_o do_v the_o stoique_n absolute_a nature_n say_v the_o same_o chrysippus_n but_o etc._n etc._n p._n 95._o 95._o pag._n 95._o l._n 4._o properly_z belong_v to_o be_v the_o propriety_n of_o the_o etc._n etc._n l._n 7._o virtue_n be_v effect_v by_o study_v and_o exercise_n be_v virtue_n acquire_v even_o by_o it_o etc._n etc._n l._n 9_o it_o be_v wise_a etc._n etc._n l._n 13._o tho'_o plato_n attribute_v the_o epithet_n wise_a only_o to_o god_n yet_o the_o presumptuous_a stoique_n absolute_o join_v the_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o deity_n together_o deity_n the_o stoique_n confound_v the_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o deity_n such_o a_o one_o with_o they_o be_v another_o god_n of_o a_o contrary_a nature_n etc._n etc._n of_o any_o other_o than_o a_o etherial_a substance_n l._n 19_o etc._n etc._n this_o the_o etherial_a substance_n and_o divinity_n of_o the_o star_n be_v heretofore_o the_o theology_n of_o pythagoras_n plato_n the_o persian_n and_o of_o all_o the_o east_n element_n the_o peripatetic_n make_v up_o the_o star_n out_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o five_o element_n the_o peripatetic_n deny_v it_o and_o constitute_v they_o out_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o five_o incorruptible_a essence_n kind_a to_o grow_v and_z come_v etc._n etc._n p._n 96._o 96._o pag._n 96._o l._n 25._o humour_n vapour_n and_o exhalation_n of_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 97._o 97._o pag._n 97._o lin_v 23._o can_v be_v expressive_a of_o now_o nature_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o so_o constant_a order_n and_o stability_n of_o the_o star_n in_o that_o it_o the_o constancy_n of_o the_o same_o star_n be_v perfect_o rational_a etc._n etc._n l._n 33_o etc._n etc._n which_o the_o stoique_n also_o understand_v nature_n to_o be_v so_o that_o here_o perhaps_o he_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o vulgar_a or_o of_o the_o epicurean_o who_o think_v otherwise_o and_o that_o she_o be_v only_o a_o certain_a blind_a and_o necessary_a power_n against_o nature_n i._n e._n contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o other_o thing_n in_o that_o they_o the_o star_n be_v neither_o mov'dvpward_a nor_o downward_o but_o in_o a_o round_a etc._n etc._n pag._n 98._o 98._o pag._n 98._o lin_v 15._o and_o here_o you_o have_v the_o first_o branch_n of_o the_o dispute_n explain_v dispute_n a_o synopsis_n of_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o stoique_n dispute_n by_o way_n of_o synopsis_n of_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o stoical_a disputation_n wherein_o balbus_n discourse_v who_o and_o what_o the_o god_n be_v let_v i_o say_v that_o althô_o it_o be_v hold_v for_o certain_a both_o by_o the_o epicurean_o and_o the_o stoique_n that_o god_n there_o be_v and_o that_o a_o notion_n of_o the_o deity_n be_v impress_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o mortal_n by_o nature_n herself_o yet_o there_o be_v nevertheless_o two_o thing_n chief_o in_o controversy_n between_o they_o with_o relation_n to_o the_o same_o god_n i_o mean_v their_o form_n and_o their_o action_n for_o the_o epicurean_o as_o velleius_n teach_v in_o the_o first_o book_n fancy_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v of_o human_a figure_n the_o stoique_n of_o a_o round_a moreover_o these_o will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v altogether_o unemployed_a and_o neither_o to_o take_v care_n of_o aught_o in_o the_o least_o nor_o to_o be_v any_o way_n beneficial_a to_o man_n for_o fear_v of_o labour_n the_o other_o contrariwise_o ascribe_v action_n and_o providence_n this_o profitable_a also_o without_o toil_n to_o their_o divinity_n so_o that_o if_o we_o except_v but_o the_o excursion_n as_o note_v in_o the_o content_n this_o whole_a branch_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v 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from_z lin_v 31._o of_o pag._n 98._o to_o lin_v 18._o of_o pag._n 99_o balbus_n propose_v the_o question_n intend_v to_o be_v discuss_v in_o this_o second_o branch_n book_n the_o content_n of_o each_o section_n of_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o second_o book_n as_o also_o the_o difficulty_n thereof_o and_o reflect_v upon_o the_o epicurean_o by_o the_o way_n tho'_o he_o omit_v their_o error_n in_o that_o he_o have_v note_v it_o before_o then_o he_o make_v good_a his_o passage_n to_o the_o figure_n he_o mean_v to_o assign_v to_o his_o deity_n that_o be_v a_o round_a one_o persuant_n to_o the_o placit_fw-la of_o the_o stoique_n by_o conclude_v first_o that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v and_o also_o a_o god_n thence_o to_o lin_v 5._o of_o pag._n 100_o he_o reprehend_v the_o scoff_n of_o epicurus_n and_o employ_v the_o tenet_n of_o
be_v without_o etc._n etc._n have_v no_o long_o any_o conjunction_n at_o all_o with_o the_o main_a body_n after_o it_o be_v sever_v from_o it_o but_o of_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 29_o 30._o temerity_n casualty_n of_o fortune_n but_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 32._o to_o speak_v once_o more_o for_o all_o nature_n two_o sort_n of_o opinion_n among_o philosopher_n concern_v nature_n hypocrates_n of_o nature_n of_o nature_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n concern_v it_o may_v be_v reduce_v into_o two_o rank_n one_o of_o which_o make_v she_o to_o be_v destitute_a of_o the_o other_o endue_v with_o reason_n of_o the_o former_a beside_o strato_n etc._n etc._n hypocrates_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v for_o he_o say_v epidem_fw-la 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n find_v out_o her_o way_n of_o herself_o not_o by_o reason_n nor_o do_v epicurus_n acknowledge_v any_o other_o aâ—â—ms_n epicurus_n accident_n of_o aâ—â—ms_n by_o his_o three_o principle_n of_o thing_n atom_n void_a and_o the_o accident_n of_o both_o of_o which_o accident_n he_o with_o the_o peripatetic_n admit_v two_o sort_n but_o under_o different_a term_n for_o what_o the_o former_a call_v proper_a he_o name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o not_o separate_v whereof_o be_v usual_o reckon_v three_o magnitude_n figure_n and_o gravity_n or_o weight_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o that_o be_v separate_v those_o which_o they_o term_v common_a as_o concourse_n connexion_n position_n order_n etc._n etc._n i_o do_v not_o well_o perceive_v what_o may_v be_v his_o accident_n of_o void_a save_v only_o a_o kind_n of_o infiniteness_n and_o immobility_n see_v epicurus_n physiology_n collect_v and_o illustrate_v by_o gassendus_fw-la of_o the_o latter_a plato_n in_o philebo_n constant_o assert_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o nature_n plato_n touch_v nature_n nature_n digest_v adorn_v the_o universality_n of_o thing_n according_a to_o reason_n and_o with_o reason_n and_o understanding_n and_o the_o stoique_n define_v she_o as_o in_o the_o context_n and_o note_n before_o she_o cherish_v and_o augment_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 122._o 122._o pag._n 122._o lin_v 5._o high_o and_o external_n nature_n i._n e._n the_o water_n and_o air_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 6._o nourish_v preserve_v by_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 10._o the_o same_o reason_n hold_v etc._n etc._n i._n e._n for_o the_o like_a reason_n be_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n sustain_v by_o the_o same_o nature_n for_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 11_o etc._n etc._n sustain_v by_o breathe_v the_o keep_v alive_a by_o draw_v in_o air_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 13._o fee_v etc._n etc._n a_o catacresis_n lin_v 14._o conversion_n circumvection_n about_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 23._o the_o middle_a the_o vicissitude_n i_o e._n alternate_a motion_n of_o one_o into_o another_o of_o these_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 23._o one_o a_o continuate_a and_o entire_a etc._n etc._n l._n 24._o those_o nature_n principle_n thing_n that_o be_v before_o the_o world_n be_v make_v the_o best_a 124_o 124_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 124._o lin_v 5._o sense_n intelligence_n and_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 18._o effect_n the_o same_o thing_n in_o represent_v the_o same_o motion_n of_o the_o sun_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 125._o 125._o pag._n 125._o lin_v 4._o horrid_z rage_a noise_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 32._o some_o whirlwind_n press_v in_o etc._n etc._n the_o round_a top_n of_o billow_n force_v aloft_o by_o the_o whirl_v water_n etc._n etc._n p._n 126._o 126._o pag._n 126._o l._n 8_o 9_o perchance_o some_o island_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 18._o the_o sea_n be_v wage_n war_n '_o against_o the_o earth_n and_o this_o some_o vast_a piece_n of_o bank_n that_o neptune_n thus_o toss_v up_o in_o triumph_n cry_v say_v thus_o of_o they_o etc._n etc._n l._n 21._o of_o swift_a and_o sharp-set_a sportive_a dolphin_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 24._o a_o song_n melody_n by_o some_o or_o other_o chief_a man_n among_o the_o argonaut_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 26._o a_o full_a view_n more_o certain_a token_n begin_v etc._n etc._n lin_v penult_n the_o world_n heaven_n chance_v to_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 127._o 127._o pag._n 127._o lin_v 2._o establish_a firm_a order_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 6._o weighty_a a_o charge_n glorious_a a_o spectacle_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 11._o there_o be_v out_o of_o the_o sky_n do_v arise_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 128._o 128._o pag._n 128._o lin_v 5._o the_o whole_a earth_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 8._o here_o i._n e._n since_o the_o order_n of_o thevniverse_n be_v so_o admirable_a etc._n etc._n lin_v 18._o by_z their_o own_o force_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 21._o the_o universe_n or_o rather_o innumerable_a world_n too_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 129._o 129._o pag._n 129._o lin_v 2._o signs_z image_n and_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 21._o those_o heretofore_o upon_o etc._n etc._n p._n 130._o 130._o pag._n 130._o lin_v 14._o it_z so_o fall_v out_o etc._n etc._n the_o same_o thing_n happen_v to_o we_o escape_v out_o of_o eternal_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 21_o 22._o now_o as_o for_o aetna_n and_o the_o fire_n thereof_o fasellus_fw-la to_o fasellus_n history_n refer_v to_o who_o have_v treat_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o sicily_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o may_v be_v repair_v to_o anniversary_n vicissitude_n the_o various_a season_n of_o the_o year_n to_o etc._n etc._n p._n 131._o 131._o pag._n 131._o l._n 12._o pass_v not_o bare_o by_o reason_n but_o by_o a_o certain_a transcendent_a and_o divine_a reason_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 15_o 16._o conglobate_v as_o to_o its_o proper_a inclining_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n by_o its_o own_o weight_n collect_v into_o a_o round_a whilst_o all_o part_n in_o equal_a moment_n tend_v to_o the_o some_o centro_fw-la etc._n etc._n lin_v 24._o &_o a_o insatiable_a diversity_n a_o variety_n that_o never_o sate_z the_o eye_n of_o the_o beholder_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 28._o gelid_a perseverings_n perpetual_a coolness_n of_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 29._o depth_n latitude_n of_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 31._o the_o universe_n ocean_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 132._o 132._o pag._n 132._o lin_v 12._o of_o island_n scil_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o mediterranean_a at_o this_o day_n term_v the_o archipelago_n and_o elsewhere_o etc._n etc._n the_o etc._n etc._n l._n 22._o covet_v etc._n etc._n approach_v to_o and_o as_o it_o be_v lay_v hold_n of_o the_o earth_n dos_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 28._o distinguish_v varied_a etc._n etc._n lin_v penult_n drive_v gather_v into_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 133._o 133._o pag._n 133._o lin_v 2._o enrich_v etc._n etc._n make_v the_o earth_n more_o fruitful_a by_o shower_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 3._o high_o most_o remote_a from_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 11._o term_v the_o sky_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 13._o the_o stoique_n sky_n the_o stoique_n confound_v heaven_n with_o the_o sky_n as_o i_o hint_v before_o confound_v the_o element_n of_o fire_n with_o heaven_n but_o other_o philosopher_n the_o peripatetic_n especial_o account_v of_o they_o as_o vast_o different_n rising_n and_o set_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 20._o i._n e._n ascend_v above_o and_o descend_v below_o the_o horizon_n for_o the_o very_a shadow_n of_o the_o earth_n hinder_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n earth_n night_n how_o cause_v the_o sun_n how_o come_v near_o the_o earth_n cause_v night_n say_v lucilius_n before_o come_v near_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 21._o i._n e._n to_o one_o of_o the_o two_o plaga_n of_o the_o world_n either_o the_o northern_a wherein_o we_o live_v or_o the_o southern_a from_o which_o we_o be_v at_o a_o mighty_a distance_n the_o sun_n depart_v from_o the_o one_o while_o he_o be_v come_v to_o the_o other_o two_o reversion_n contrary_a from_o opposite_a to_o the_o extreme_a etc._n etc._n lin_v 24._o scil_n the_o one_o from_o the_o tropic_a of_o cancer_n the_o other_o from_o that_o of_o capricorn_n which_o two_o tropic_n cicero_n entremes_n the_o pole_n why_o term_v entremes_n here_o term_v extreme_a not_o that_o they_o real_o be_v the_o extreme_n in_o the_o sphere_n or_o in_o the_o heaven_n for_o the_o two_o polar_a circle_n be_v further_o and_o there_o be_v a_o great_a distance_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o tropic_n but_o because_o they_o be_v the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n interval_n of_o which_o i._n e._n which_o same_o reversion_n while_o the_o sun_n be_v make_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 25._o affect_v etc._n etc._n scil_n in_o wintertime_n for_o while_o it_o wander_v thus_o to_o and_o again_o it_o cause_v winter_n and_o summer_n occasion_v winter_n etc._n etc._n how_o occasion_v gladdened_a together_o with_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 29._o space_n zodiac_n with_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 33._o change_v its_o light_n into_o several_a form_n it_o self_n suffer_v several_a mutation_n of_o its_o light_n these_o its_o phase_n have_v be_v note_a before_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 134._o 134._o pag._n 134._o lin_v 2._o opposite_a to_o the_o sun_n interpose_v betwixt_o the_o sun_n and_o our_o sight_n it_o be_v beam_n and_o
whole_a earth_n and_o as_o to_o its_o touch_n it_o have_v a_o power_n not_o only_o to_o warm_a but_o many_o time_n to_o scorch_v neither_o of_o which_o it_o be_v able_a to_o do_v if_o it_o be_v not_o of_o a_o fiery_a property_n see_v therefore_o say_v he_o that_o the_o sun_n be_v fiery_a and_o feed_v and_o nourish_v with_o the_o vapour_n of_o the_o ocean_n for_o no_o fire_n can_v subsist_v without_o some_o nourishment_n or_o other_o it_o must_v necessary_o either_o be_v like_o that_o fire_n which_o we_o make_v use_v of_o for_o profit_n and_o sustenance_n or_o that_o which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o body_n of_o animate_v being_n now_o as_o for_o this_o fire_n of_o we_o which_o be_v requisite_a to_o the_o convenience_n of_o life_n it_o be_v a_o consumer_n and_o devourer_n confound_a and_o ruinate_v whatever_o it_o catch_v hold_v of_o whereas_o the_o vital_a and_o salutary_a heat_n of_o the_o body_n conserves_n cherish_v augment_v sustain_v all_o thing_n and_o endue_v with_o sense_n wherefore_o he_o make_v it_o to_o be_v obvious_a which_o of_o these_o two_o sort_n of_o fire_n the_o sun_n be_v of_o in_o regard_v it_o likewise_o occasion_n all_o to_o flourish_v and_o every_o thing_n in_o its_o respective_a kind_a to_o come_v to_o maturity_n since_o the_o heat_n then_o of_o the_o sun_n be_v of_o the_o same_o temper_n with_o that_o warmth_n which_o abide_v in_o live_v creature_n the_o sun_n itself_o must_v consequently_n be_v endue_v with_o life_n and_o also_o the_o star_n that_o be_v constitute_v of_o that_o celestial_a ardour_n which_o be_v term_v the_o sky_n inâ—â—_n sky_n the_o better_a the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o more_o noble_a the_o creature_n that_o be_v breed_v inâ—â—_n and_o whereas_o some_o creature_n be_v breed_v in_o the_o earth_n some_o in_o the_o water_n some_o in_o the_o air_n aristotle_n hold_v it_o very_o absurd_a to_o conceit_n that_o no_o animal_n at_o all_o be_v generate_v in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o world_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v 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