This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... veraqne constituunt quse belle tangere possnnt auris et lepido quee sunt fuoata sonore."l 119. As the purpose of the poem of Lucretius is the establishment of the very opposite of our present theme, we must consider a good deal more of his work than the mere properties of atoms. Lucretius tells us ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... veraqne constituunt quse belle tangere possnnt auris et lepido quee sunt fuoata sonore."l 119. As the purpose of the poem of Lucretius is the establishment of the very opposite of our present theme, we must consider a good deal more of his work than the mere properties of atoms. Lucretius tells us that his object is to dispel the fear of the gods, which he supposes to arise simply from the fact that there are so many things which men do not yet understand, and therefore suppose to be effected by divine power. Religion, which crashes human life prostrate upon earth, is, he says, now put under foot; and the great victory achieved by his Greek instructor over the immeasurable universe (in finding what can and what cannot come into being) brings us level with heaven. His followers are not to fancy that there is any sin in this; on the contrary, religion has perpetually been the cause of sinful deeds. There is, however, danger of their relapse, for the terror-speaking seers may once more overcome them. But if men could only be convinced that the soul is born and perishes with us, then they would be able to take their ease, and withstand alike religious scruples and threatenings of the seers. For this purpose we must find out what mind and soul consist of, and how every thing on earth proceeds; and if we can do this, we may, of course, dispense with the gods. 120. First, then, nothing comes from nothing, which seems to be meant in the sense that there is a physical cause for every thing; at least all the examples which are adduced in proof of the statement are mere instances of what might be conceived to happen, if there were no fixed determining physical law or cause. But the author is obscure on this point, for he sometimes makes us inclined...
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