1026. Moreover such hardnesses cannot soften, so to speak, unless one makes a definite choice of truths, since it is falsities that cause them. For then truths will loosen them, and will bring in softness and fluidity. By means of truths, all things flow in their own proper spiral motions; while falsities bring them to a standstill, inducing properties of cold, density, and weight, as we can observe in the elements of nature, where simply the conditions determine their forms-hard, cold, heavy, and soft, warm, light.* * This sentence is emphasized in the original by the symbol NB. Written twice in the margin.