Butevidentlythereisafirstprinciple,andthecausesofthings
areneitheraninfiniteseriesnorinfinitelyvariousinkind。For
neithercanonethingproceedfromanother,asfrommatter,ad
infinitume。g。fleshfromearth,earthfromair,airfromfire,and
soonwithoutstopping,norcanthesourcesofmovementforman