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Hoc modo hanc causam disceptari oportet, non
ab atomis errantibus et de via declinantibus petere [p. 269]
praesidium. “Declinat”, inquit, “atomus”. Primum
cur? aliam enim quandam vim motus habebant a Democrito inpulsionis, quam plagam ille appellat, a te,
Epicure, gravitatis et ponderis. Quae ergo nova causa
in natura est, quae declinet atomum? aut num sortiuntur inter se, quae declinet, quae non? aut cur
minimo declinent intervallo, maiore non? aut cur declinent uno minimo, non declinent duobus aut tribus?
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