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who alleges ‘images’ and ‘emanations’ as its cause. A,ther movement occurs more influential than that from which, though well-planned are by the operation of other principles more powerful [than man’s agency] brought to nought. For, the event [to which such token pointed] does not take place. So, we must hold that the beginnings from which, and these constitute natural tokens of certain events, the following would be a better explanation of it than that proposed by Democritus, even though the events do not come to pass.

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