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which_o soul_n i._n e._n of_o which_o air_n the_o life_n of_o animal_n do_v also_o consist_v as_o anaximenes_n and_o other_o philosopher_n hold_v which_o too_o the_o life_n of_o animal_n proceed_v and_o upon_o that_o consideration_n it_o be_v term_v animal_n term_v in_o another_o place_n tully_n make_v anima_fw-la to_o be_v so_o call_v from_o animus_fw-la so_o that_o unless_o we_o suppose_v so_o great_a a_o man_n to_o have_v contradict_v himself_o it_o be_v better_a perhaps_o to_o saâ—_n upon_o which_o consideration_n it_o be_v term_v animal_n anima_fw-la but_o how_o take_v you_o as_o for_o grant_v that_o life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o fire_n one_o will_v think_v it_o likely_a to_o be_v somewhat_o compound_v of_o fire_n and_o soul_n together_o but_o if_o fire_n be_v a_o animal_n of_o itself_o without_o the_o mixture_n with_o it_o of_o
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philosopher_n xenophon_n pag._n 18._o l._n 27._o xenophon_n and_o a_o historian_n and_o of_o noble_a extraction_n among_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o naturalist_n touch_v nature_n 19_o antisthenes_n pag._n 19_o that_o there_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 19_o lin_v 3._o he_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o cynique_n but_o yet_o he_o assert_v the_o essence_n of_o a_o deity_n as_o much_o as_o any_o of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o govern_v it_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 19_o that_o it_o the_o sky_n be_v part_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 22._o aristotle_n aristotle_n a_o agitation_n so_o great_a a_o celerity_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n l._n 26._o where_o will_v all_o the_o other_o deity_n dwell_v if_o heaven_n itself_o be_v set_v up_o for_o one_o &c._n &c._n l._n 28._o epicurus_n think_v the_o god_n must_v needs_o have_v some_o house_n to_o devil_n in_o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o if_o so_o absurd_a a_o thing_n as_o the_o divinity_n of_o heaven_n hold_v to_o be_v the_o mansion_n of_o the_o godhead_n be_v admit_v where_o can_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o god_n live_v aristotle_n be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o peripatetic_n his_o three_o book_n of_o philosophy_n here_o quote_v be_v not_o extant_a a_o great_a many_o more_o theological_a opinion_n and_o error_n of_o his_o than_o be_v here_o recount_v may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o his_o physic_n metaphysic_n and_o other_o part_n of_o his_o work_n the_o planet_n five_o of_o they_o be_v nominate_v asia_n pag._n 20._o heraclides_fw-la of_o pontus_n in_o asia_n in_o the_o planet_n five_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 20._o l._n 6._o have_v stuff_v his_o book_n with_o sundry_a childish_a fable_n tho'_o his_o book_n be_v for_o the_o great_a part_n only_o allegorical_a fable_n and_o that_o he_o for_o the_o generality_n treat_v of_o light_a matter_n yet_o now_o and_o then_o he_o advance_v to_o thing_n of_o more_o weight_n and_o one_o while_o he_o will_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 17._o universal_a brute_n nature_n which_o contain_v within_o it_o the_o cause_n of_o etc._n etc._n lin_v ult_n strato_n be_v a_o atheist_n strato_n strato_n ascribe_v all_o to_o brute_n nature_n who_o he_o make_v to_o follow_v the_o temerarious_a impulse_n of_o chance_n he_o deny_v atom_n see_v laertius_n touch_v he_o l._n 5._o 21._o zeno._n pag._n 21._o be_v a_o divinity_n be_v divine_a and_o that_o it_o be_v capacitate_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 21._o lin_v 5._o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o any_o such_o which_o never_o meet_v we_o either_o in_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 13._o impulse_n extend_v reason_n i._n e._n a_o certain_a power_n ofvnderstanding_n diffuse_v through_o all_o nature_n to_o be_v divine_o affect_v endue_v with_o the_o same_o qualification_n that_o the_o divine_a be_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 15_o 16_o 17._o he_o utter_o destroy_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o deity_n vulgar_o imprint_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o mortal_n for_o he_o reckon_v not_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 22_o etc._n etc._n but_z teach_v that_o those_o name_n do_v after_o a_o certain_a manner_n signify_v the_o inanimate_a thing_n to_o lin_v 26._o now_o for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o error_n of_o the_o platonique_n stoique_n etc._n etc._n with_o relation_n to_o it_o be_v that_o they_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v actual_o the_o same_o with_o the_o divine_a and_o not_o bare_o to_o flow_v thence_o as_o from_o a_o fountain_n the_o stoique_n do_v not_o deify_v this_o ethereal_a body_n and_o element_n of_o fire_n the_o sky_n but_o only_o the_o mind_n that_o they_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v endue_v with_o and_o then_o for_o their_o reason_n diffuse_v through_o every_o nature_n they_o understand_v by_o it_o a_o spirit_n that_o take_v a_o several_a name_n according_a to_o the_o various_a mutation_n of_o the_o matter_n it_o pass_v through_o that_o it_o accommodate_v its_o operation_n to_o the_o matter_n but_o that_o its_o principality_n be_v in_o the_o sky_n the_o same_o stoique_n hold_v god_n to_o be_v one_o only_o they_o assign_v he_o several_a appellation_n according_a to_o his_o various_a faculty_n or_o office_n to_o be_v indiscernible_a cannot_v be_v comprehend_v arâ—sto_n arâ—sto_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 30._o as_o xenophon_n have_v say_v it_o can_v not_o be_v discern_v and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v inquire_v into_o with_o the_o other_o aristo_n last_o mention_a first_o 22._o cleanthe_n pag._n 22._o etc._n etc._n lin_v ult_n thevniversal_a mind_n and_o spirit_n of_n universal_a nature_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 22._o lin_v 2._o that_o last_o and_o high_a every_o way_n spread_v about_o and_o extreme_a all_o surround_v etc._n etc._n lin_v 4._o against_o pleasure_n against_o its_o be_v the_o supreme_a good_a as_o epicurus_n understand_v it_o to_o be_v lin_v 7._o at_z length_n think_v that_n etc._n etc._n lin_v 10._o which_o we_o only_o know_v with_o ourvnderstanding_n this_o be_v say_v because_o the_o stoique_n phansy_v the_o deity_n may_v â—e_v discern_v even_o by_o the_o eye_n and_o who_o we_o epicurean_o more_o than_o any_o other_o â—re_n for_o certain_o constitute_v in_o the_o notion_n oâ—â—he_fw-mi mâ—_n d_o as_o in_o a_o print_v i._n e._n which_o notion_n imprint_v in_o our_o mind_n by_o nature_n we_o hold_v to_o be_v a_o most_o sure_a argument_n of_o a_o divinity_n as_o a_o foot_n step_n be_v a_o token_n of_o a_o animal_n come_v not_o to_o appear_v at_o all_o i._n e._n come_v to_o be_v so_o distract_v and_o disperse_v by_o cleanthes_n be_v various_a and_o manifold_a opinion_n concern_v he_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v discern_v at_o all_o etc._n etc._n from_o lin_v 11._o of_o pag._n 22._o to_o lin_v 16._o intimate_v as_o if_o insomuch_o that_o he_o will_v not_o bare_o say_v that_o they_o be_v the_o invention_n of_o the_o god_n but_o real_o divine_a themselves_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 23_o 24._o this_o philosopher_n name_n ought_v to_o be_v write_v
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