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Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus: Arguments in Proof of the Eternity of the World: Argument the Tenth.

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Each of the elements of which the world consists, when in its proper place, either remains in that place, or is moved in a circle; * but when it is not in its own place, it endeavours to arrive thither. If, therefore, the elements of the universe either remain in their proper place, or are moved in a circle; if they remain in the place which is natural to them, they are then in a natural condition of being; but if they are moved in a circle, they will neither have an end nor a beginning of…

Fragments of the Lost Writings of Proclus: Arguments in Proof of the Eternity of the World: Argument the Tenth.

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