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Original-language term or English translation acceptable. Ancient views of this concept’s “secrets” are divided into Promethean and Orphic attitudes in Pierre Hadot’s (“ah-DOH’s”) The Veil of Isis. The Sophists were among those who debated the roles of this concept and nomos, or “law.” (-5[1])Aristotle wrote in De Anima that this concept “does nothing in vain.” (10[1])An aphorism by Heraclitus claims that this concept “loves to hide.” In a poem titled for this concept, a winged chariot takes the narrator to a goddess who describes the “Way of Truth” and the “Way of Opinion.” This concept titles the major fragmentary texts by several pre-Socratics, including Heraclitus and Parmenides. Aristotle is often credited with introducing the idea that this concept “abhors a vacuum.” (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])in the Latin title (10[1])of a work by Lucretius, what concept follows “De rerum”? ■END■

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