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cause_n effect_n necessary_a voluntary_a 1,389 5 11.0339 5 false
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A51304 The immortality of the soul, so farre forth as it is demonstrable from the knowledge of nature and the light of reason by Henry More ... More, Henry, 1614-1687. 1659 (1659) Wing M2663; ESTC R2813 258,204 608

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sense_n or_o common_a notion_n find_v in_o all_o man_n that_o have_v not_o do_v violence_n to_o their_o own_o nature_n unless_o by_o some_o other_o approve_a faculty_n he_o can_v discover_v the_o contrary_a my_o conclusion_n must_v stand_v for_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n by_o axiom_n 5._o he_o pretend_v therefore_o some_o demonstration_n of_o reason_n which_o he_o will_v oppose_v against_o the_o dictate_v of_o this_o inward_a sense_n which_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o examine_v that_o we_o may_v discover_v his_o sophistry_n chap._n iii_o 1._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o argument_n whereby_o he_o will_v prove_v all_o our_o action_n necessitate_v his_o first_o argument_n 2._o his_o second_o argument_n 3._o his_o three_o argument_n 4._o his_o four_o argument_n 5._o what_o must_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o in_o the_o first_o argument_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n 6._o a_o full_a and_o more_o determinate_a explication_n of_o the_o forego_n 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substance_n by_o emanative_a causality_n provide_v that_o substance_n produce_v be_v in_o due_a gradual_a proportion_n inferior_a to_o that_o which_o cause_v it_o this_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o the_o forego_n principle_n for_o there_o be_v no_o contradiction_n nor_o impossibility_n of_o a_o cause_n produce_v a_o effect_n less_o noble_a than_o itself_o for_o thereby_o we_o be_v the_o better_o assure_v that_o it_o do_v not_o exceed_v the_o capacity_n of_o its_o own_o power_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o incongruity_n that_o one_o substance_n shall_v cause_v something_o else_o which_o we_o may_v in_o some_o sense_n call_v substance_n though_o but_o secondary_a or_o emanatory_a acknowledge_v the_o primary_n substance_n to_o be_v the_o more_o adequate_a object_n of_o divine_a creation_n but_o the_o secondary_a to_o be_v referrible_a also_o to_o the_o primary_n or_o centrall_a substance_n by_o way_n of_o causal_n relation_n for_o suppose_v god_n create_v the_o matter_n with_o a_o immediate_a power_n of_o move_v itself_o god_n indeed_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n as_o well_o of_o the_o motion_n as_o of_o the_o matter_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o matter_n be_v right_o say_v to_o move_v itself_o final_o this_o secondary_a or_o emanatory_a substance_n may_v be_v right_o call_v substance_n because_o it_o be_v a_o subject_a endue_v with_o certain_a power_n and_o activity_n and_o that_o it_o do_v not_o inhaere_fw-la as_o a_o accident_n in_o any_o other_o substance_n or_o matter_n but_o can_v maintain_v its_o place_n though_o all_o matter_n or_o what_o other_o substance_n soever_o be_v remove_v out_o of_o that_o space_n it_o be_v extend_v through_o provide_v its_o primary_n substance_n be_v but_o safe_a 3._o from_o these_o four_o principle_n i_o have_v here_o add_v we_o may_v have_v not_o a_o imaginative_a but_o rational_a apprehension_n of_o that_o part_n of_o a_o spirit_n which_o we_o call_v the_o secondary_a substance_n thereof_o who_o be_v extension_n arise_v by_o 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conjecture_n of_o imagination_n be_v here_o partly_o true_a and_o partly_o false_a or_o be_v true_a or_o false_a as_o she_o shall_v be_v interpret_v for_o if_o she_o mean_v by_o loose_a actual_o disunite_v it_o be_v false_a and_o ridiculous_a but_o if_o only_o so_o discerpible_a that_o one_o part_n may_v be_v disunite_v from_o another_o that_o be_v not_o only_o true_a but_o necessary_a otherwise_o a_o spirit_n can_v not_o contract_v one_o part_n and_o extend_v another_o which_o be_v yet_o a_o hypothesis_n necessary_a to_o be_v admit_v wherefore_o this_o objection_n be_v so_o far_o from_o weaken_v the_o possibility_n of_o this_o notion_n that_o it_o give_v occasion_n more_o full_o to_o declare_v the_o exact_a concinnity_n thereof_o to_o be_v brief_a therefore_o a_o spirit_n from_o the_o centre_n to_o the_o circumference_n be_v utter_o indiscerpible_a but_o in_o line_n cross_v to_o this_o it_o be_v close_o coherent_a but_o not_o indiscerpible_o which_o cohaesion_n may_v consist_v in_o a_o immediate_a union_n of_o
too_o yea_o haply_o of_o reason_n and_o understanding_n for_o sense_n be_v nothing_o else_o as_o some_o conceit_n but_o motion_n or_o rather_o reaction_n of_o a_o body_n press_v upon_o by_o another_o body_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o all_o the_o matter_n in_o the_o world_n have_v in_o some_o manner_n or_o other_o the_o power_n of_o sensation_n 3._o let_v we_o see_v now_o what_o this_o position_n will_v amount_v to_o those_o that_o make_v motion_n and_o sensation_n thus_o real_o the_o same_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n acknowledge_v that_o no_o long_a motion_n no_o long_o sensation_n as_o mr._n hobbs_n have_v ingenuous_o confess_v physic._n chap._n 25._o and_o that_o every_o motion_n or_o reaction_n must_v be_v a_o new_a sensation_n as_o well_o as_o every_o cease_n of_o reaction_n a_o cease_v of_o sensation_n 4._o now_o let_v we_o give_v these_o busy_a active_a particle_n of_o the_o matter_n that_o play_v up_o and_o down_o every_o where_o the_o advantage_n of_o sense_n and_o let_v we_o see_v if_o all_o their_o head_n lay_v together_o can_v contrive_v the_o anatomicall_a fabric_n of_o any_o creature_n that_o live_v assure_o when_o all_o be_v sum_v up_o that_o can_v be_v imagine_v they_o will_v fall_v short_a of_o their_o account_n for_o i_o demand_v have_v every_o one_o of_o these_o particle_n that_o must_v have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o animal_n the_o whole_a design_n of_o the_o work_n by_o the_o impress_n of_o some_o phantasm_n upon_o it_o or_o as_o they_o have_v several_a office_n so_o have_v they_o several_a part_n of_o the_o design_n if_o the_o first_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a even_o according_a to_o their_o opinion_n who_o we_o oppose_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o knowledge_n nor_o perception_n in_o the_o matter_n but_o what_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o reaction_n of_o one_o part_n against_o another_o how_o be_v it_o conceivable_a that_o any_o one_o particle_n of_o matter_n or_o many_o together_o there_o not_o exist_v yet_o in_o nature_n any_o animal_n can_v have_v the_o idea_n impress_v of_o that_o creature_n they_o be_v to_o frame_v or_o if_o one_o or_o some_o few_o particle_n have_v the_o sense_n of_o one_o part_n of_o the_o animal_n they_o seem_v more_o capable_a of_o this_o the_o part_n be_v far_o more_o simple_a than_o the_o whole_a compage_n and_o contrivement_n and_o other_o some_o few_o of_o other_o part_n how_o can_v they_o confer_v note_n by_o what_o language_n or_o speech_n can_v they_o communicate_v their_o counsel_n one_o to_o another_o wherefore_o that_o they_o shall_v mutual_o serve_v one_o another_o in_o such_o a_o design_n be_v more_o impossible_a then_o that_o so_o many_o man_n blind_a and_o dumb_a from_o their_o nativity_n shall_v join_v their_o force_n and_o wit_n together_o to_o build_v a_o castle_n or_o carve_v a_o statue_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n as_o none_o of_o they_o know_v any_o more_o of_o in_o several_a than_o some_o one_o of_o the_o small_a part_n thereof_o but_o not_o the_o relation_n it_o bear_v to_o the_o whole_a 5._o beside_o this_o sense_n be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o corporeal_a motion_n it_o must_v change_v upon_o new_a impress_n of_o motion_n so_o that_o if_o a_o particle_n by_o sense_n be_v carry_v in_o this_o line_n it_o meet_v with_o a_o counterbuff_n in_o the_o way_n must_v have_v quite_o another_o impress_n and_o sense_n and_o so_o forget_v what_o it_o be_v go_v about_o and_o divert_v its_o course_n another_o way_n nay_o though_o it_o escape_v free_a sense_n be_v reaction_n when_o that_o which_o it_o bear_v against_o be_v remove_v sense_n must_v needs_o cease_v and_o perfect_a oblivion_n succeed_v for_o it_o be_v not_o with_o these_o particle_n as_o with_o the_o spring_n of_o a_o watch_n or_o a_o bend_a crossbow_n that_o they_o shall_v for_o a_o considerable_a time_n retain_v the_o same_o reaction_n and_o so_o consequent_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o last_o if_o they_o can_v it_o be_v still_o nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o let_v their_o sense_n be_v what_o it_o will_v their_o motion_n be_v necessary_a it_o be_v mere_o corporeal_a and_o therefore_o the_o result_n of_o their_o motion_n can_v be_v from_o any_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n for_o the_o corporeal_a motion_n be_v first_o and_o be_v only_o feel_v not_o direct_v by_o feeling_n and_o therefore_o whether_o the_o matter_n have_v any_o sense_n or_o no_o what_o be_v make_v out_o of_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o what_o result_v from_o the_o wild_a jumbling_n and_o knock_v be_v of_o one_o part_n thereof_o against_o another_o without_o any_o purpose_n counsel_n or_o direction_n wherefore_o the_o ordinary_a phaenomena_n of_o nature_n be_v guide_v according_a to_o the_o most_o exquisite_a wisdom_n imaginable_a it_o be_v plain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o mere_a motion_n of_o matter_n but_o of_o some_o immaterial_a principle_n by_o axiom_n 10._o 6._o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n be_v not_o so_o right_o say_v to_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o religion_n as_o mr._n hobbs_n will_v have_v it_o as_o of_o irreligion_n and_o atheism_n for_o if_o we_o do_v more_o punctual_o and_o particular_o search_v into_o their_o nature_n we_o shall_v clear_o discern_v their_o insufficiency_n for_o such_o effect_n as_o we_o discover_v to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o when_o we_o have_v look_v so_o close_o and_o careful_o into_o the_o nature_n of_o corporeal_a being_n and_o can_v find_v no_o causality_n in_o they_o proportionable_a to_o these_o effect_n we_o speak_v of_o still_o to_o implead_v ourselves_o rather_o of_o ignorance_n than_o the_o matter_n and_o corporeal_a motion_n of_o insufficiency_n be_v to_o hold_v a_o opinion_n upon_o humour_n and_o to_o transgress_v against_o our_o first_o and_o second_o axiom_n chap._n xiii_o 1._o the_o last_o proof_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n from_o apparition_n 2._o the_o first_o evasion_n of_o the_o force_n of_o such_o arguing_n 3._o a_o answer_n to_o that_o evasion_n 4._o the_o second_o evasion_n 5._o the_o first_o kind_n of_o the_o second_o evasion_n 6._o a_o description_n out_o of_o virgil_n of_o that_o genius_n that_o suggest_v the_o dictate_v of_o the_o epicurean_a philosophy_n 7._o the_o more_o full_a and_o refine_a sense_n of_o that_o philosophy_n now_o a_o day_n 8._o the_o great_a efficacy_n of_o the_o star_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o consist_v of_o nothing_o but_o motion_n and_o matter_n for_o production_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o creature_n in_o the_o world_n 1._o the_o three_o and_o last_o ground_n which_o i_o will_v make_v use_n of_o for_o evince_v the_o existence_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n be_v such_o extraordinary_a effect_n as_o we_o can_v well_o imagine_v any_o natural_a but_o must_v needs_o conceive_v some_o free_a or_o spontaneous_a agent_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o when_o as_o yet_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o they_o be_v from_o neither_o man_n nor_o beast_n such_o be_v speaking_n knock_v be_v open_n of_o door_n 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much_o as_o the_o suppose_a impossibility_n thereof_o have_v deter_v man_n from_o believe_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v true_a chap._n xvi_o 1._o that_o soul_n depart_v communicate_v dream_n 2._o example_n of_o apparition_n of_o soul_n decease_v 3._o of_o apparition_n in_o field_n where_o pitch_v battle_n have_v be_v fight_v as_o also_o of_o those_o in_o churchyard_n and_o other_o vaporous_a place_n 4._o that_o the_o spissitude_n of_o the_o air_n may_v well_o contribute_v to_o the_o easiness_n of_o the_o appear_v of_o ghost_n and_o spectre_n 5._o a_o further_a proof_n thereof_o from_o sundry_a example_n 6._o of_o marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la his_fw-la appear_v after_o death_n 7._o with_o what_o sort_n of_o people_n such_o example_n as_o these_o avail_n little_a 8._o reason_n to_o persuade_v the_o unprejudiced_a that_o ordinary_o those_o apparition_n that_o bear_v the_o shape_n and_o person_n of_o the_o decease_a be_v indeed_o the_o soul_n of_o they_o 1._o the_o example_n of_o the_o other_o 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a_o inn_n he_o in_o the_o inn_n while_o he_o be_v asleep_o dream_v that_o his_o fellow-traveller_n earnest_o desire_v he_o to_o come_v and_o help_v he_o as_o be_v assault_v by_o the_o victualler_n and_o in_o danger_n to_o be_v kill_v by_o he_o but_o he_o after_o he_o be_v perfect_o awake_a find_v it_o but_o a_o dream_n neglect_v it_o but_o fall_v asleep_o again_o his_o murder_a friend_n appear_v to_o he_o the_o second_o time_n beseech_v he_o that_o though_o he_o do_v not_o help_v he_o alive_a yet_o he_o will_v see_v his_o death_n revenge_v tell_v he_o how_o the_o victualler_n have_v cast_v his_o body_n into_o a_o dung-cart_n and_o that_o if_o he_o will_v get_v up_o timely_a in_o the_o morning_n and_o watch_v at_o the_o town-gate_n he_o may_v thereby_o discover_v the_o murder_n which_o he_o do_v according_o and_o so_o see_v justice_n do_v on_o the_o murderer_n nor_o do_v the_o first_o dream_n make_v the_o second_o impertinent_a to_o our_o purpose_n for_o as_o that_o may_v be_v from_o 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that_o most_o house_n that_o be_v haunt_v be_v so_o chief_o from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a who_o have_v either_o be_v murder_v or_o some_o way_n injure_v or_o have_v some_o hide_a treasure_n to_o discover_v or_o the_o like_a and_o person_n be_v haunt_v for_o the_o like_a cause_n as_o well_o as_o house_n as_o nero_n be_v after_o the_o murder_a of_o his_o mother_n otho_n pull_v out_o of_o his_o bed_n in_o the_o night_n by_o the_o ghost_n of_o galba_n such_o instance_n be_v infinite_a as_o also_o those_o wherein_o the_o soul_n of_o one_o friend_n suppose_v father_n mother_n or_o husband_n have_v appear_v to_o give_v they_o good_a counsel_n and_o to_o instruct_v they_o of_o the_o event_n of_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o their_o life_n the_o ghost_n also_o of_o decease_a lover_n have_v be_v report_v to_o adhere_v
&_o error_n ac_fw-la timor_fw-la multum_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la possunt_fw-la will_v prevail_v more_o with_o they_o then_o all_o the_o story_n the_o same_o author_n write_v of_o apparition_n or_o whatever_o any_o one_o else_o can_v add_v unto_o they_o and_o other_o that_o do_v admit_v of_o these_o thing_n praeconception_n from_o education_n that_o the_o soul_n when_o she_o depart_v this_o life_n be_v sudden_o either_o twitch_v up_o into_o the_o coelum_fw-la empyreum_fw-la or_o hurry_v down_o headlong_o towards_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n make_v the_o apparition_n of_o the_o ghost_n of_o man_n altogether_o incredible_a to_o they_o they_o always_o substitute_v in_o their_o place_n some_o angel_n or_o devil_n which_o must_v represent_v their_o person_n themselves_o be_v not_o at_o leisure_n to_o act_v any_o such_o part_n 8._o but_o misconceit_n and_o prejudice_n though_o it_o may_v hinder_v the_o force_n of_o a_o argument_n with_o those_o that_o be_v in_o that_o manner_n entangle_v yet_o reason_n can_v but_o take_v place_n with_o they_o that_o be_v free_a to_o who_o i_o dare_v appeal_v whether_o consider_v the_o aereal_a vehicles_n of_o soul_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o with_o other_o genii_n so_o that_o whatever_o they_o be_v fancy_v to_o do_v in_o their_o stead_n they_o may_v perform_v themselves_o as_o also_o how_o congruous_a it_o be_v that_o those_o person_n that_o be_v most_o concern_v when_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n shall_v act_v in_o their_o own_o affair_n as_o in_o detect_v the_o murderer_n in_o dispose_v their_o estate_n in_o rebuke_v injurious_a executor_n in_o visit_v and_o counsel_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o forewarn_v they_o of_o such_o and_o such_o course_n with_o other_o matter_n of_o like_a sort_n to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o spirit_n thus_o appear_v of_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o also_o the_o similitude_n of_o person_n and_o that_o all_o this_o ado_n be_v in_o thing_n very_o just_a and_o serious_a unfit_a for_o a_o devil_n with_o that_o care_n and_o kindness_n to_o promote_v and_o as_o unfit_a for_o a_o good_a genius_n it_o be_v below_o so_o noble_a a_o nature_n to_o tell_v a_o lie_n especial_o when_o the_o affair_n may_v be_v as_o effectual_o transact_v without_o it_o i_o say_v i_o dare_v appeal_n to_o any_o one_o whether_o all_o these_o thing_n put_v together_o and_o right_o weigh_v the_o violence_n of_o prejudice_n not_o pull_v down_o the_o balance_n it_o will_v not_o be_v certain_o carry_v for_o the_o present_a cause_n and_o whether_o any_o indifferent_a judge_n ought_v not_o to_o conclude_v if_o these_o story_n that_o be_v so_o frequent_a every_o where_o and_o in_o all_o age_n concern_v the_o ghost_n of_o man_n appear_v be_v but_o true_a that_o it_o be_v true_a also_o that_o it_o be_v their_o ghost_n and_o that_o therefore_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n subsist_v and_o act_v after_o they_o have_v leave_v these_o earthly_a body_n chap._n xvii_o 1._o the_o preeminence_n of_o argument_n draw_v from_o reason_n above_o those_o from_o story_n 2._o the_o first_o step_n towards_o a_o demonstration_n of_o reason_n that_o the_o soul_n act_v out_o of_o her_o body_n for_o that_o she_o be_v a_o immaterial_a substance_n separable_a therefrom_o 3._o the_o second_o that_o the_o immediate_a instrument_n for_o sense_n motion_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o body_n be_v certain_a subtle_a and_o tenuious_a spirit_n 4._o a_o comparison_n betwixt_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n and_o the_o aereal_a genii_n 5._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o daemon_n from_o the_o account_n of_o marcus_n the_o eremite_n and_o how_o the_o soul_n be_v present_o such_o have_v once_o leave_v this_o body_n 6._o a_o objection_n concern_v the_o soul_n of_o brute_n to_o which_o be_v answer_v first_o by_o way_n of_o concession_n 7._o second_o by_o confute_v the_o argument_n for_o the_o former_a concession_n 8._o that_o there_o be_v no_o rational_a doubt_n at_o all_o of_o the_o humane_a soul_n act_v after_o death_n 9_o a_o further_a argument_n of_o her_o activity_n out_o of_o this_o body_n from_o her_o conflict_n with_o it_o while_o she_o be_v in_o it_o 10._o as_o also_o from_o the_o general_a hope_n and_o belief_n of_o all_o nation_n that_o they_o shall_v live_v after_o death_n 1._o but_o we_o proceed_v now_o to_o what_o be_v less_o subject_a to_o the_o evasion_n and_o misinterpretation_n of_o either_o the_o profane_a or_o superstitious_a for_o none_o but_o such_o as_o will_v profess_v themselves_o mere_a brute_n can_v cast_v off_o the_o decree_n and_o conclusion_n of_o philosophy_n and_o reason_n though_o they_o think_v that_o in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n they_o may_v with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o applause_n and_o credit_n refuse_v the_o testimony_n of_o other_o man_n sense_n if_o not_o of_o their_o own_o all_o apparition_n be_v with_o they_o nothing_o but_o the_o strong_a surprisal_n of_o melancholy_a and_o imagination_n but_o they_o can_v 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