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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="2"><l n="778">ut saepe ex aliis formis variisque figuris</l><l n="779">efficitur quiddam quadratum unaque figura,</l><l n="780">conveniebat, ut in quadrato cernimus esse</l><l n="781">dissimiles formas, ita cernere in aequore ponti</l><l n="782">aut alio in quovis uno puroque nitore</l><l n="783">dissimiles longe inter se variosque colores.</l><l n="784">praeterea nihil officiunt obstantque figurae</l><l n="785">dissimiles, quo quadratum minus omne sit extra;</l><l n="786">at varii rerum inpediunt prohibentque colores,</l><l n="787">quo minus esse uno possit res tota nitore.</l><l n="788">Tum porro quae ducit et inlicit ut tribuamus</l><l n="789">principiis rerum non numquam causa colores,</l><l n="790">occidit, ex albis quoniam non alba creantur,</l><l n="791">nec quae nigra cluent de nigris, sed variis ex.</l><l n="792">quippe etenim multo proclivius exorientur</l><l n="793">candida de nullo quam nigro nata colore</l><l n="794">aut alio quovis, qui contra pugnet et obstet.</l><milestone unit="card" n="795"/><l n="795">Praeterea quoniam nequeunt sine luce colores</l><l n="796">esse neque in lucem existunt primordia rerum,</l><l n="797">scire licet quam sint nullo velata colore;</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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