Full Idea
Some regard nature as an irrational force which merely imparts a mechanical motion to material bodies.
Gist of Idea
Some regard nature simply as an irrational force that imparts movement
Source
M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.81)
Book Reference
Cicero: 'The Nature of the Gods', ed/tr. McGregor,Horace [Penguin 1972], p.156