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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0550.phi001.perseus-lat1"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="1"><l n="541">antehac ad nihilum penitus res quaeque redissent</l><l n="542">de nihiloque renata forent quae cumque videmus.</l><l n="543">at quoniam supra docui nil posse creari</l><l n="544">de nihilo neque quod genitumst ad nil revocari,</l><l n="545">esse inmortali primordia corpore debent,</l><l n="546">dissolui quo quaeque supremo tempore possint,</l><l n="547">materies ut subpeditet rebus reparandis.</l><l n="548">sunt igitur solida primordia simplicitate</l><l n="549">nec ratione queunt alia servata per aevom</l><l n="550">ex infinito iam tempore res reparare.</l><milestone unit="card" n="551"/><l n="551">denique si nullam finem natura parasset</l><l n="552">frangendis rebus, iam corpora materiai</l><l n="553">usque redacta forent aevo frangente priore,</l><l n="554">ut nihil ex illis a certo tempore posset</l><l n="555">conceptum summum aetatis pervadere finem.</l><l n="556">nam quidvis citius dissolvi posse videmus</l><l n="557">quam rursus refici; qua propter longa diei</l><l n="558">infinita aetas ante acti temporis omnis</l><l n="559">quod fregisset adhuc disturbans dissoluensque,</l><l n="560">numquam relicuo reparari tempore posset.</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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