For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter? Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words ... - Página 44por Charles Caleb Colton - 1826Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Stephen Buckle - 2007 - 223 páginas
...being immediately conscious, that it must for ever escape our most diligent enquiry. 11 For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious...most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?10 Were we empowered, by a secret wish, to remove mountains, or control the planets in their... | |
| Michael N. Forster - 2008 - 174 páginas
...has never occurred to my senses" (p. 370). Compare with this the following passage from the Enquiry: "Is there any principle in all nature more mysterious...such an influence over a material one, that the most ref1ned thought is able to actuate the grossest matter? Were we empowered, by a secret wish, to remove... | |
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