primordial atoms
“elemental seeds of matter”
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elements · primal bodies · primal seeds · primordial germs · seeds of things
in the texts
De Rerum Natura
The primordial atoms (primal seeds/elements) of Epicurean physics: indestructible, ceaselessly moving bodies of matter whose combinations and motions constitute all things.
That the primordial germs of things can stop,
No rest is rendered to the primal bodies
All the primordial germs of things must needs