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Hoc persaepe facitis, ut, cum aliquid non veri simile
dicatis et effugere reprehensionem velitis, adferatis
aliquid quod omnino ne fieri quidem possit, ut satius
fuerit illud ipsum de quo ambigebatur concedere quam
tam inpudenter resistere. Velut Epicurus cum videret,
si atomi ferrentur in locum inferiorem suopte pondere,
nihil fore in nostra potestate, quod esset earum motus
certus et necessarius, invenit quo modo necessitatem
effugeret, quod videlicet Democritum fugerat: ait atomum, cum pondere et gravitate directo deorsus feratur, declinare paululum.
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