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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Nature of Judgement' and 'On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum')'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

2652	Some regard nature simply as an irrational force that imparts movement [Cicero]
	Full Idea: Some regard nature as an irrational force which merely imparts a mechanical motion to material bodies.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.81)

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless.
	From: report of Archelaus (fragments/reports [c.450 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.3