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Quod quidem Cleanthes his etiam argumentis docet, quanta vis insit caloris in omni corpore: negat enim esse ullum cibum
tam gravem quin is nocte et die concoquatur; cuius
etiam in reliquiis inest calor iis quas natura respuerit.
iam vero venae et arteriae micare non desinunt quasi
quodam igneo motu, animadversumque saepe est cum
cor animantis alicuius evolsum ita mobiliter palpitaret
ut imitaretur igneam celeritatem. Omne igitur quod
vivit, sive animal sive terra editum, id vivit propter
inclusum in eo calorem. ex quo intellegi debet eam caloris naturam vim habere in se vitalem per omnem
mundum pertinentem.
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