omnis enim longe nostris ab sensibus infra primorum natura iacet; quapropter, ubi ipsa cernere iam nequeas, motus quoque surpere debent, praesertim cum, quae possimus cernere, celent saepe tamen motus spatio diducta locorum.
For the nature of the first things lies all hidden far beneath our senses; therefore, since you cannot get so far as to see the things themselves, they must necessarily steal their motions too from your sight, especially when things that we can perceive do yet often conceal their motions if they be withdrawn at a great distance.
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