Nunc locus est, ut opinor, in his illud quoque rebus confirmare tibi, nullam rem posse sua vi corpoream sursum ferri sursumque meare, ne tibi dent in eo flammarum corpora fraudem; sursus enim versus gignuntur et augmina sumunt, et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt, pondera, quantum in se est, cum deorsum cuncta ferantur.
now I will explain what remains to be said about motion. This is now the place, as I think, in my theme to establish for you another principle: that no bodily thing can of its own power be carried upwards and move upwards. The particles of fire should not lead you into a mistake; for in an upward direction flames are born and win increase, upwards grow trees and the bright crops, although all weights tend downwards as far as in them lies.
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