Titus Lucretius Carus, The Nature of Things
"That also which before was from the earth, passes back into the earth, and that which was sent from the borders of ether, is carried back and taken in again by the quarters of heaven. Death does not extinguish things in such a way as to destroy the bodies of matter, but only breaks up the union amongst them, and then joins anew the different elements with others; and thus it comes to pass that all things change their shapes and alter their colors and receive sensations and in a moment yield them up..."
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"That also which before was from the earth, passes back into the earth, and that which was sent from the borders of ether, is carried back and taken in again by the quarters of heaven. Death does not extinguish things in such a way as to destroy the bodies of matter, but only breaks up the union amongst them, and then joins anew the different elements with others; and thus it comes to pass that all things change their shapes and alter their colors and receive sensations and in a moment yield them up..."
"وما كان من الأرض من قبل، يعود إليها؛ وما أُرسل من تخوم الأثير، يُحمل ويُستعاد إلى أرجاء السماء. فالموت لا يُفني الأشياء إفناءً يُبيد أجساد المادة، بل يفكك فقط الاتحاد بينها، ثم يعيد وصل العناصر المختلفة بغيرها؛ وهكذا تتغير أشكال كل شيء وتتبدل ألوانه وتستقبل الإحساسات ثم تسلمها في لحظة..."
Titus Lucretius Carus, The Nature of Things
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