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to_o the_o say_a middle_n but_o the_o middle_n itself_o be_v in_o no_o wise_a heavy_a epicurus_n say_v that_o body_n be_v not_o comprehensible_a that_o the_o first_o body_n be_v simple_a but_o all_o the_o composition_n of_o they_o have_v their_o weight_n and_o ponderosity_n also_o that_o the_o atom_n do_v move_v some_o plumbe_v right_o down_o other_o at_o one_o side_n and_o some_o again_o mount_v aloft_o and_o that_o by_o impulsion_n and_o concussion_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o small_a body_n emphdocles_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o before_o the_o four_o element_n there_o be_v certain_a small_a parcel_n or_o fragment_n as_o one_o will_v say_v element_n before_o element_n and_o those_o be_v of_o semblable_a part_n and_o the_o same_o all_o round_a heraclitus_n come_v in_o with_o i_o know_v not_o what_o petty_a scrape_n or_o shave_n exceed_v small_a and_o the_o same_o not_o divisible_a into_o part_n chap._n xiiii_o of_o figure_n a_o figure_n be_v the_o superficies_n circumscription_n and_o 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element_n but_o in_o live_a creature_n the_o same_o proceed_v from_o the_o variety_n of_o their_o condition_n place_n and_o sundry_a air_n chap._n xvi_o concern_v the_o section_n of_o body_n the_o sectary_n of_o thales_n and_o pythagoras_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o body_n be_v passable_a and_o divisible_a infinite_o democritus_n and_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o this_o section_n stay_v either_o at_o the_o atom_n indivisible_a or_o at_o those_o small_a body_n which_o have_v no_o part_n neither_o do_v this_o division_n say_v they_o pass_v infinite_o aristotle_n say_v that_o divide_v they_o be_v in_o infinitum_fw-la potential_o but_o actual_o not_o chap._n xvii_o of_o mixture_n and_o temperature_n the_o ancient_a philosopher_n affirm_v that_o this_o mixture_n of_o element_n be_v by_o way_n of_o alteration_n but_o anaxagoras_n and_o democritus_n say_v it_o be_v do_v by_o apposition_n empedocles_n compose_v the_o element_n of_o small_a mass_n which_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o least_o body_n and_o as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v the_o element_n of_o element_n plato_n will_v have_v the_o three_o body_n for_o he_o deign_v not_o they_o either_o to_o be_v call_v or_o to_o be_v element_n to_o be_v convertible_a one_o into_o the_o other_o to_o wit_n water_n air_n and_o fire_n but_o as_o for_o the_o earth_n it_o can_v be_v turn_v into_o any_o one_o of_o they_o chap._n xviii_o of_o voidnesse_n or_o vacuttie_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n of_o thales_n his_o school_n all_o until_o you_o come_v to_o plato_n have_v general_o disavow_v and_o reprooved_a this_o vacuity_n as_o for_o empedocles_n thus_o he_o write_v in_o all_o the_o world_n so_o spacious_a nought_o be_v void_a or_o superfluous_a leucippus_n democritus_n demetrius_n metrodorus_n and_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o the_o atom_n be_v infinite_a in_o multitude_n and_o voidnesse_n infinite_a in_o magnitude_n the_o stoic_n affirm_v that_o within_o the_o world_n there_o be_v no_o voidnesse_n but_o without_o there_o be_v infinity_n aristotle_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o without_o the_o world_n there_o be_v no_o such_o voidnesse_n as_o that_o the_o heaven_n by_o the_o mean_n thereof_o may_v draw_v breath_n for_o that_o it_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o fire_n chap._n xix_o of_o place_n plato_n say_v that_o place_n be_v that_o which_o be_v susceptible_a of_o form_n one_o after_o another_o which_o be_v by_o way_n of_o metaphor_n or_o translation_n to_o express_v the_o first_o matter_n as_o a_o nurse_n receive_v and_o embrace_v all_o aristotle_n take_v place_n to_o be_v the_o extreme_a superficies_n of_o the_o continent_n conjunct_a and_o contiguous_a to_o the_o content_a chap._n xx._n of_o room_n or_o space_n the_o stoic_n and_o epicurus_n do_v hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o voidnesse_n place_n and_o room_n for_o voidnesse_n say_v they_o be_v the_o solitude_n or_o vacuity_n of_o a_o body_n place_v that_o which_o be_v full_o occupy_v and_o take_v up_o with_o a_o body_n but_o room_n or_o space_n that_o which_o be_v occupy_v but_o in_o part_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o a_o rundlet_n or_o barrel_n of_o wine_n chap._n xxi_o of_o time_n pythagoras_n say_v that_o time_n be_v the_o sphere_n of_o that_o utmost_a heaven_n that_o comprise_v all_o plato_n think_v it_o to_o be_v the_o mooveable_a image_n of_o the_o eternity_n or_o the_o interval_n of_o the_o world_n motion_n but_o eratosthenes_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o time_n plato_n say_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o time_n be_v the_o move_n of_o heaven_n but_o many_o of_o the_o stoic_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v the_o move_n itself_o and_o most_o of_o they_o affirm_v that_o time_n have_v no_o beginning_n of_o generation_n plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o engender_v it_o be_v according_a to_o our_o conceit_n and_o capacity_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o motion_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v that_o motion_n be_v a_o certain_a difference_n and_o alteration_n 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