Lucretius Carus, Titus (94 B.C.- ca. 49 B.C.); Creech, Thomas (1659-1700)

T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy.

London

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1715

"And here we must conceive the Mind as the chief Part of Man, a judging Substance, but free from all Anticipations and Ideas; a plain Rasa Tabula, but fit for any impressions from external Objects, and capable to make Deductions from them"

[...] And as for the Pain and Torture that accompany Death, and make the Tragedy more solemn, 'tis evident, that suppose the Soul, 'tis impossible it should be otherwise; so that this can be no Argument for the Epicureans, which, admit the contrary Supposition, can be so easily explain'd: And here we must conceive the Mind as the chief Part of Man, a judging Substance, but free from all Anticipations and Ideas; a plain Rasa Tabula, but fit for any impressions from external Objects, and capable to make Deductions from them; in order to this, she is put into a Body curiously contriv'd, fitted with Nerves and Veins, and all necessary Instruments for animal Motion; upon these Organs external Objects act by pressure, and so the Motion is continu'd to the Seat of this Soul, where she judges according to the first impulse, and that Judgment is called either Pain or Pleasure; so that the Action of the Soul is still uniform and the same; and the various passions arise only from the variety of the Objects she contemplates [...]
(p. 256)

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Lucretius Carus, Titus. T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy. Vol. 1. London, 1715. 2 vols. <Link to Google Books> <Link to ECCO<

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