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Don
PostJune 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM It appears 251 at the end of his entry refers to the page number in Book Three:
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-MONTAI…00004-00004/279
So it appears to be referring to around DRN 3.860:
For shouldst thou gaze
Backwards across all yesterdays of time
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Cassius
PostJune 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM […]
For people casually coming across this post, probably worth pointing out that this statement by Montaigne is presumably keyed to the part of Book 2 (I believe... I don't have the line number) where Lucretius makes essentially this same statement. -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)June 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
A Latin inscription on a flyleaf at the back of Montaigne's personal copy of Lucretius:
Ut sunt diversi atomorum motus non incredibile est sic convenisse olim atomos aut conventuras ut alius nascatur montanus.
Since the movements of the atoms are so… -
Godfrey
Reaction (Post)June 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A Latin inscription on a flyleaf at the back of Montaigne's personal copy of Lucretius:
Ut sunt diversi atomorum motus non incredibile est sic convenisse olim atomos aut conventuras ut alius nascatur montanus.
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Don
Reaction (Post)June 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A Latin inscription on a flyleaf at the back of Montaigne's personal copy of Lucretius:
Ut sunt diversi atomorum motus non incredibile est sic convenisse olim atomos aut conventuras ut alius nascatur montanus.
Since the movements of the atoms are so… -
Joshua
PostJune 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A Latin inscription on a flyleaf at the back of Montaigne's personal copy of Lucretius:
Ut sunt diversi atomorum motus non incredibile est sic convenisse olim atomos aut conventuras ut alius nascatur montanus.
Since the movements of the atoms are so… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)June 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM https://open.substack.com/pub/gregorybsa…s-for-epicurean
Dr. Gregory Sadler has posted a recommended reading list of Ancient Epicurean Texts. Some I had forgotten about, so it's handy to have in one place (although I realize all these are likely posted… -
Don
June 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM Posted the thread Sadler Recommended Epicurean Reading List.Threadhttps://open.substack.com/pub/gregorybsa…s-for-epicurean
Dr. Gregory Sadler has posted a recommended reading list of Ancient Epicurean Texts. Some I had forgotten about, so it's handy to have in one place (although I realize all these are likely posted… -
Don
Reaction (Post)June 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM I am not aware of the term in ancient literature. However, let me include this section from Epicurus' On Nature, Book 25, which seems to be related to the idea:
"…[1] Those movements that have been fully generated are fully produced according to the… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)June 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM I am not aware of the term in ancient literature. However, let me include this section from Epicurus' On Nature, Book 25, which seems to be related to the idea:
"…[1] Those movements that have been fully generated are fully produced according to the…
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