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Single Idea 2652

[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature ]

Full Idea

Some regard nature as an irrational force which merely imparts a mechanical motion to material bodies.

Gist of Idea

Some regard nature simply as an irrational force that imparts movement

Source

M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.81)

Book Ref

Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.156