HISTORY OF THE ATOMIC THEOKY. lOQ 



and on account of me, because if so I should not be absolute 

 passionhood and my parts would be deprived by me of essence 

 and nature, which is impossible since I am simply absolute." 



" Matter says, I am individualised by quantity, as when I 

 am so much ; either long, broad, or deep ; either round, in a 

 circle, or spherical body ; or qualified, for example, when 

 shining or warmed in flame and reddened in red wine, sweet- 

 ened in honey, heavy in earth, or become light in the fire." 



Some may prefer the original of this ; — 



Ait materia : ego sum ens ex quo fit aliquid passionando et hoc 

 substantialiter et accidentaliter, qui^ dux sum, quoniam ex me quae 

 sum primitiva fit materia particularis quae est substantialis pars sub- 

 Ptantiae. ***** 



Ipse (Deus) est meus finis, mea causa prima, et ego sum eflfectus 

 simpliciter ejus. 



Ait materia^ sum absoluta passio sub absoluta forma sub qua sum 

 conjuncta et sicut ex mari derivantur omnes aquae fluviales et ad 

 istud revertuntur, sic a me derivantur omnes materiae particulares 

 et ad me revertuntur, qui^ absoluta sum. Rursus ait materia. Non 

 sum ens existens in potenlia absolute, qui^ si sic subjectum in quo 

 essem, sustentata esset in potentia et sic successive in infinitum quod 

 est impossibile. Sum ergo ens existens in potentia ad omnes sub- 

 stantias particulares sub formis particularibus existentes. 



In mea matura non invenitur forma quae sit ex me atque propter 

 me, quik si sic, non essem passio absoluta et secundum quid meae 

 partes essent ^ me ab essentia et natura privatae, quod est impos- 

 sibile, cum sim simpliciter absoluta. 



Ait materia. Individuata sum per quantitatom cum quae sum 

 quanta, ut puta longa, lata, et profunda, aut in circulo vel in corpore 

 sphaerico rotunda: sum qualificata, ut puta in fiamma lucefacta, cale- 

 facta ; et in vino rubro rubefacta, in melle dulcificata, et in terra 

 ponderosa ; et in igne levificata.^ 



He recognises the four elements, and believes them to exist 



• Raymandi Lullii Opera— Philosophiae Principiu — De Materia. Strasburg, 

 1600. I suppote more than one mistake to occur in the Latin. I may be 

 wrong, but it is quoted correctly. 



