# P.Herc. 1010 18

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1010, Column 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1010/18

τα· ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ τὸ εἴδωλον δυνατόν ἐστιν ἐξ ωθεῖν πολλὰ σώματα, ἔτι μᾶ λλον ἤπερ κα ὶ α ὐ τὰ τὰ στερέμνια τοῦτο πράττειν, πῶς οὐχί, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν τ ρόπον τῆ ς ταχυτῆτος, νομιστέον αὐτοῖς ὑπ άρχειν καὶ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον; εἰ καί τινα κατὰ τὰ σώματα ἔχει τὸν τρόπον τοῦτο ν ὅταν περαιῶνται, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἰδώλων φύσις, ὥσπ ερ λέγω, κατὰ

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Epicurus, P.Herc. 1010. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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