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A44580 An introduction to the Teutonick philosophie being a determination concerning the original of the soul, viz. whether it be immediately created God and infus'd into the body, or transmitted from the parent / by C. Hotham ... at the close of the dispute held in the publique schooles of the University of Cambridge at the Commencement, March 3, 1646 ; Englished by D.F.; Ad philosophiam teutonicam manuductio. English Hotham, Charles, 1615-1672.; Hotham, Durant, 1617?-1691. 1650 (1650) Wing H2896; ESTC R11445 21,441 96

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