[260] Lag. 238. 34.
[261] Cf. Lucretius.
[262] Lag. 202. 40.
[263] Cf. e.g. 238. 12, when the form or soul is said to be one in all things, and differences are said to arise from the dispositions of matter.
[264] Vide infra, ch. 5.
[265] Lag. 240. 28.
[266] Lag. 242. 7.
[267] Epist. Proëm., Lag. 203. 19. When he wrote the De Minimo the question had at least presented itself to Bruno as requiring solution: vide bk. iv. (Op. Lat. i. 3. 274). Individual differences are referred to two possible sources—the different compositions of the forms or ideal types, and the varied dispositions of matter; and it is suggested that the latter of these may derive from the former.
[268] Lag. 246. 37.
[269] Lag. 248. 17. The apparent conflict between this and the preceding pages will resolve itself below.