Question

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 (-5[1])(“ah-DOH’s”) The Veil of Isis. The Sophists were among those who debated the roles of this concept and nomos, or “law.” Aristotle wrote (10[1])in De Anima that this concept “does nothing in vain.” 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 (10[1])the major fragmentary texts by several pre-Socratics, (-5[1])including Heraclitus and Parmenides. (10[1])Aristotle is often credited with introducing the idea that this concept “abhors a vacuum.” For 10 points, in the Latin title of a work by Lucretius, what concept follows “De rerum”? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: nature [or physis; or phusis; or physeis; or natura; accept De rerum natura or On the Nature of Things]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BBrown A21-5
James McCurleyHarvard BBrandeis A4310
Michael KearneyHarvard AUMass Boston9410
Eren MicheletBUTufts A101-5
Yrwin BatanMIT ADartmouth A10510
Isaac MeredithTufts ABU13610
Mason YuBrown ABrandeis B13710

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Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%129.67
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Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y683%0%17%107.80
Midwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%91.50
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Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%20%100.50
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UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%30%120.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y875%0%25%105.00
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