Hellenistic Philosophy Introductory

146 l/-23 but rather that it is stirred up by the [wind-induced] motion from the deepest parts of the sea. This also happens to ...

52 1-16 to 1-17 there is such and such a number of mortal beings, there is no less a number of immortal beings, and if there is ...

Physics 147 there is no part of our body which is not of less value than we ourselves are, so the cosmos as a whole must be of m ...

The Testimony of Cicero 53 necessity which you call heimarmene, and which leads you to say that whatever happens has flowed from ...

148 l/-23 it will be worse than man. And since this is absurd, one must hold that the cosmos is both wise from the very beginnin ...

54 /-17 to /-18 gods do not have a body, but only a quasi-body, and that they do not have blood, but only quasi-blood. It is tak ...

Physics 149 the fire found in bodies is life-giving and beneficial, and in everything it preserves, nourishes, promotes growth, ...

The Testimony of Cicero 55 proper place; for example, earth occupies the lowest place, water floods the earth, air is above it, ...

150 l/-23 circular revolution; nor can it be said that the heavenly bodies are com- pelled by some greater force to move contrar ...

56 /-18 to /-21 he has been criticized by many, and you [Epicureans] cannot find a way out. The whole theory wobbles and limps. ...

Physics 151 falls or blows or fear diseases produced by physical exhaustion. It was for fear of this sort of thing that Epicurus ...

The Testimony of Cicero 57 what I could understand that good to be, if I set aside the pleasures we get from sex, from listening ...

152 l/-23 majesty to have difficulty carrying out their duties because of some weakness. From these premisses our desired conclu ...

58 /-21 to /-23 certain hidden and, as it were, arcane facts, while the latter indicates things which are evident and out in the ...

Physics 153 growth, the seed can produce each sort of thing, according to its kind- some things which are nourished only via the ...

The Testimony of Cicero 59 there is no hindrance to our doing what will be most pleasing to us, [in such circumstances] every pl ...

154 l/-23 of an animal: which of these points to as great a degree of cleverness as the cosmos itself does? Either, therefore, t ...

60 /-23 to /-26 Epicurean who disagrees is abandoning his case-and I know that there are many who do so, but they are inexperien ...

Physics 155 and hearsay that some divine force and godly power existed; and then one day the earth opened its maw and they could ...

The Testimony of Cicero 61 second type of desires is not difficult, either to acquire or to do without. The third type he though ...