...there not a temptation to close to some extent with Lucretius, when he affirms that ' Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself without...or with Bruno, when he declares that Matter is not ' thai mere empty capacity which philosophers have pictured her to be, but the universal mother who...

...Is there not a temptation to agree to some extent with Lucretius when he affirms that nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods ? or with Bruno when he declared that matter was not that mere empty capacity which philosophers imagined her to be, but the...

...mind unfolded." The key to the true solution must be found in the words of Lucretius, " Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods;" or, in the saying of Bruno, that "matter is the universal mother who brings forth all things as the fruit...

...Is there not a temptation to close to some extent with Lucretius when he affirms that nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself without the meddling of the gods ? " And we are tempted also to inquire how far modern science differs either in its principles or motions...

...those of Bruno who declared that "matter is not the mere empty capacity which philosophers pretend her to be, but the universal mother who brings forth all things as the fruit of her womb." He goes further than Darwin with his "primordial forms," than Huxley with his...

...apprehend and keep in mind these things, Nature, free at once, and rid of her haughty lords, is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods.'' To meet the objection that his atoms cannot be seen, Lucretius describes a violent storm, and shows...

...authority, " to close to some extent with Lucretius when he affirms that ' nature is seen to do all things of herself without the meddling of the gods/ or with...empty capacity which philosophers have pictured her. but the universal mother which brings forth all things as the fruit of her own womb. Believing, as...

...when referring to Bruno, in his Belfast Address, in these words : — ' Matter is not the mere naked empty capacity which philosophers have pictured her...but the universal mother who brings forth all things out of her own womb.' • H. Brunnhofer : Giordano Bruno' i Wiltanscliauung. 1882. 7 Die phllosoj>hisclui...

...means the eternity of matter — and an approval of the language of Lucretius, that "Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods " — what must the common mind naturally infer, if not that the conception of God, as discriminated...

...; by its own intrinsic force and virtue it brings these forms forth. Matter is not the mere naked, empty capacity which philosophers have pictured her...the universal mother who brings forth all things as the fruit of her own womb.' Yet it was the science of astronomy which chiefly engrossed Bruno, and...