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command_v as_o his_o slave_n about_o he_o all_o other_o part_n of_o matter_n say_v to_o one_o come_v and_o he_o come_v to_o another_o go_v and_o he_o go_v and_o to_o a_o three_o do_v this_o and_o he_o do_v it_o yet_o such_o a_o liberty_n of_o will_n and_o such_o a_o dominion_n we_o experience_n in_o our_o soul_n namely_o a_o power_n of_o command_v or_o countermand_v she_o own_o thought_n and_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o body_n now_o suppose_v this_o power_n transfer_v to_o matter_n a_o power_n first_o to_o determine_v its_o own_o motion_n and_o then_o to_o determine_v its_o suppose_a cogitation_n as_o to_o the_o motion_n of_o matter_n the_o general_a rule_n be_v that_o it_o move_v always_o in_o a_o straight_a line_n till_o it_o be_v determine_v otherwise_o by_o some_o external_a agent_n or_o impulse_n but_o if_o it_o have_v a_o power_n of_o determine_v its_o own_o motion_n it_o may_v move_v in_o a_o curve_v line_n or_o any_o sort_n of_o curve_v of_o its_o own_o accord_n without_o any_o 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percipient_fw-la and_o a_o common_a volent_fw-la in_o conjunction_n for_o these_o must_v communicate_v and_o be_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o subject_a what_o then_o be_v say_v before_o to_o prove_v that_o no_o part_n of_o the_o body_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v the_o common_a percipient_a be_v now_o strengthen_v when_o we_o add_v volition_n to_o all_o the_o other_o operation_n it_o must_v be_v conscious_a of_o for_o the_o more_o the_o direct_a operation_n be_v that_o must_v be_v unite_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o subject_a and_o the_o more_o reflex_n operation_n be_v superad_v upon_o those_o direct_a still_o under_o the_o cognizance_n and_o dijudication_n of_o the_o same_o principle_n the_o great_a unity_n and_o simplicity_n be_v require_v in_o that_o principle_n or_o the_o grand_fw-fr cogitant_fw-la that_o perform_v they_o all_o and_o receive_v they_o all_o without_o confusion_n and_o you_o say_v 16._o pag._n 359._o §._o 16._o yourself_o unthinking_a particle_n of_o matter_n 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