nil prodesset enim calidum denserier ignem nec rarefieri, si partes ignis eandem naturam quam totus habet super ignis haberent; acrior ardor enim conductis partibus esset, languidior porro disiectis disque supatis.
for it would be of no use that hot fire should become denser or rarefied, if the particles of fire still had the same nature as the whole fire has also; for the heat would be more intense with the particles compressed, but more faint if they were thrust apart and scattered apart:
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