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against_o all_o this_o it_o may_v be_v allege_v and_o object_v how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o a_o 〈◊〉_d fragment_n of_o spirit_n and_o wind_n shall_v fill_v a_o 〈◊〉_d that_o receive_v ten_o thousand_o man_n the_o stoic_n say_v that_o the_o air_n do_v not_o consist_v of_o small_a fragment_n but_o be_v continual_a throughout_o and_o admit_v no_o voidhesse_n at_o all_o howbeit_o when_o it_o be_v smite_v with_o spirit_n or_o wind_n it_o wave_v direct_o in_o circle_n infinite_o until_o it_o fill_v up_o all_o the_o air_n about_o much_o after_o the_o manner_n as_o we_o may_v perceive_v in_o a_o pond_n or_o pool_n when_o there_o be_v a_o stone_n throw_v into_o it_o for_o like_a as_o the_o water_n in_o it_o move_v in_o flat_a circle_n so_o do_v the_o air_n in_o roundles_a like_o to_o ball_n anaxagoras_n faith_n that_o the_o voice_n be_v form_v by_o the_o incursion_n and_o beat_n of_o the_o voice_n against_o the_o solid_a air_n which_o make_v resistance_n and_o return_v the_o stroke_n back_o 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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 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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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