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First-beginnings (atoms)

first-beginnings

also: primordia, semina rerum, corpora prima, first bodies

The indivisible, solid, everlasting particles from which all things are made and into which they dissolve. Lucretius rings the changes on their names -- primordia (first-beginnings), semina rerum (seeds of things), corpora prima (first bodies) -- all denoting the same atoms.

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On the Nature of Things poetry · 88 mentions

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