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Book 15 · lines 60–74
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60Vir fuit hic, ortu Samius, sed fugerat una
61et Samon et dominos odioque tyrannidis exsul
62sponte erat, isque, licet caeli regione remotos,
63mente deos adiit et quae natura negabat
64visibus humanis, oculis ea pectoris hausit,
65cumque animo et vigili perspexerat omnia cura,
66in medium discenda dabat coetusque silentum
67dictaque mirantum magni primordia mundi
68et rerum causas et, quid natura, docebat,
69quid deus, unde nives, quae fulminis esset origo,
70Iuppiter an venti discussa nube tonarent,
71quid quateret terras, qua sidera lege mearent —
72et quodcumque latet; primusque animalia mensis
73arguit imponi, primus quoque talibus ora
74docta quidem solvit, sed non et credita, verbis: