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The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous ancient philosophers. The first volume written in Greek, by Diogenes Laertius ; made English by several hands ...; De vitis philosophorum. English
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Diogenes Laertius.
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1688
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chrysippus_n poâ—sidonius_n and_o antipaâ—er_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o air._n boethus_n assâ—rts_v the_o globe_n of_o the_o fix_a sâ—ars_n to_o be_v the_o divine_a nature_n nature_n they_o sometime_o define_v to_o bâ—_n that_o which_o comprehend_v and_o embrace_v the_o world_n sometime_o that_o which_o â—_z the_o product_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o groâ—_n and_o flourish_n nature_n therefore_o be_v a_o habit_n derive_v motion_n from_o itself_o according_a to_o the_o spermatic_a rationality_n terminate_n and_o put_v a_o end_n to_o those_o thing_n that_o flow_v from_o she_o at_o certain_a prefix_v time_n and_o perform_v what_o she_o be_v ordain_v for_o and_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o she_o aim_v at_o profitable_a pleasure_n by_o the_o structure_n of_o man._n on_o the_o other_o side_n zeno_n chrysippus_n posidonius_n and_o boethus_n in_o their_o treatise_n of_o fate_n assert_v all_o thing_n to_o have_v be_v create_v by_o fate_n now_o fate_n be_v a_o series_n of_o thing_n link_v together_o or_o else_o thâ—t_a reason_n by_o which_o the_o world_n be_v administer_v they_o also_o allow_v all_o manner_n of_o divination_n to_o be_v substantial_a or_o else_o providence_n which_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o zeno_n chrysippus_n athenodorus_n and_o posidonius_n but_o panaetius_n will_v not_o yield_v it_o to_o be_v a_o substance_n for_o that_o the_o prima_fw-la mâ—tâ—ria_fw-la or_o first_o matter_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o cleanthes_n and_o zeno_n both_o acknowledge_v now_o matter_n be_v that_o of_o which_o any_o thing_n consist_v and_o it_o be_v call_v sometime_o matter_n sometime_o substance_n or_o the_o caâ—se_n of_o all_o thing_n both_o general_a and_o particular_a but_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o whole_a neither_o increase_v nor_o diminish_v a_o body_n they_o say_v be_v a_o terminate_v substance_n as_o apollodorus_n and_o antipater_n define_v it_o it_o be_v also_o passive_a for_o if_o it_o be_v immutable_a those_o thing_n which_o be_v can_v 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