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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neque_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la formae_fw-la substantialis_fw-la speciem_fw-la recipi_fw-la in_o intellectum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o sensu_fw-la usquam_fw-la fuit_fw-la j.c._n scalig._n formae_fw-la substantiales_fw-la sunt_fw-la incognitae_fw-la nobis_fw-la quia_fw-la insensile_n ideo_fw-la per_fw-la qualitates_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la principia_fw-la immediatae_fw-la transmutationis_fw-la exprimuntur_fw-la aquinas_n ad_fw-la 1._o de_fw-la generate_fw-la &_o corrupt_a in_o hac_fw-la humanae_fw-la mentis_fw-la caligine_fw-la aequè_fw-la forma_fw-la ignis_fw-la ac_fw-la magnetis_fw-la nobis_fw-la ignoâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la sennertus_fw-la sennertus_fw-la nego_fw-la tibi_fw-la vilâ—m_fw-la esse_fw-la formam_fw-la nobis_fw-la notam_fw-la plenè_fw-la &_o planè_fw-la nostramque_fw-la scientiam_fw-la esse_fw-la umbram_fw-la in_o sole_fw-la scalig._n scalig._n nomina_fw-la tu_fw-la lapidis_fw-la qâ—i_fw-la quoâ—idie_fw-la tuis_fw-la oculis_fw-la observatur_fw-la formam_fw-la &_o phyllida_n solus_fw-la habeto_fw-la seal_n contra_fw-la card._n card._n aristotle_n speak_v of_o anaxagoras_n in_o the_o first_o ch._n of_o the_o last_o book_n of_o his_o physics_n have_v this_o passage_n dicit_fw-la anaxagoras_n cum_fw-la omne_fw-la simul_fw-la essent_fw-la atque_fw-la quâ—escereâ—t_fw-la tempore_fw-la infinito_fw-la mentem_fw-la movisse_fw-la aâ—_n segregasse_n segregasse_n epicurus_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o pythocles_n pythocles_n the_o sceptical_a chemist_n chemist_n see_v lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr gen._n &_o cor._n t._n 80._o idem_fw-la corpus_fw-la say_v he_o there_o quaâ—quam_fw-la continuum_fw-la alias_o liquidum_fw-la alias_o concretum_fw-la videmus_fw-la non_fw-la divisione_n aut_fw-la compositione_n hoc_fw-la passum_fw-la aut_fw-la conversione_n aut_fw-la attactu_fw-la sicuti_fw-la democritus_n asserit_fw-la nam_fw-la neque_fw-la transpositione_n neque_fw-la naturae_fw-la demutatione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la 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