[49] quippe solo natura subest quia, ut supra diximus, naturaliter rerum omnium mater est terra et universa intra se con- tinet semina: hinc est 'quippe solo natura subest'. nam natura dicta est ab eo, quod nasci aliquid faciat. mire autem ait 'subest', id est inest latenter; nam non apparet: unde Epicurei dicunt nihil esse, quod non habeat originem sui; nam hoc est "gigni de ni- hilo nihilum: in nihilum nil posse reverti".
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