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Material objects are of two kinds, atoms and components of atoms. The atoms themselves… — Lucretius

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

Material objects are of two kinds, atoms and components of atoms. The atoms themselves cannot be swamped by any force, for they are preserved indefinitely by their absolute solidity.

In the original Latin

Corpora sunt porro partim primordia rerum, partim concilio quae constant principiorum. sed quae sunt rerum primordia, nulla potest vis stinguere; nam solido vincunt ea corpore demum.

Lucretius
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 1, l. 518.
Original citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 518.

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