concept
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.
Mentioned in 1 work (88 total)
On the Nature of Things
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