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itself_o which_o we_o call_v entelechia_fw-la and_o three_o privation_n thales_n therefore_o be_v in_o a_o error_n when_o he_o say_v that_o water_n be_v both_o the_o element_n and_o principle_n or_o first_o beginning_n of_o all_o thing_n chap._n iii_o of_o principle_n or_o first_o beginning_n what_o they_o be_v thales_n the_o milesian_n affirm_v that_o water_n be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o this_o man_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o philosophy_n and_o of_o he_o take_v the_o jonique_a fect_n of_o philosopher_n their_o name_n for_o many_o family_n there_o be_v successive_o of_o philosopher_n who_o have_v study_v philosophy_n in_o egypt_n go_v to_o miletum_n when_o he_o be_v far_o step_v in_o year_n where_o he_o maintain_v this_o position_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v of_o water_n so_o all_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v resolve_v again_o into_o water_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o conjecture_n of_o he_o be_v these_o first_o because_o 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so_o teach_v that_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o that_o therein_o be_v be_v small_a like_o parcel_n which_o he_o term_v homaeomeries_n for_o he_o think_v it_o altogether_o absurd_a and_o impossible_a that_o any_o thing_n shall_v be_v make_v of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o or_o be_v dissolve_v into_o that_o which_o have_v no_o be_v for_o howsoever_o we_o take_v our_o nourishment_n simple_a and_o uniform_a as_o for_o example_n eat_v bread_n of_o corn_n and_o drink_v water_n yet_o with_o this_o nutriment_n be_v nourish_v hair_n vein_n artery_n sinew_n bone_n and_o other_o part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v so_o confess_v we_o must_v quoth_v he_o likewise_o that_o in_o this_o food_n which_o we_o receive_v be_v all_o thing_n which_o have_v their_o be_v and_o that_o all_o thing_n do_v grow_v and_o increase_v of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v so_o that_o in_o this_o nourishment_n be_v those_o parcel_n which_o breed_v blood_n sinew_n bone_n and_o other_o part_n of_o our_o 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dispose_n and_o set_v they_o in_o order_n in_o this_o one_o thing_n yet_o he_o have_v do_v well_o and_o be_v to_o be_v commend_v that_o unto_o the_o matter_n he_o have_v adjoin_v a_o workman_n archelaus_n a_o athenian_a the_o son_n of_o apollodorus_n affirm_v that_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v the_o infinite_a air_n together_o with_o the_o condensation_n and_o rarefaction_n thereof_o of_o which_o the_o one_o be_v fire_n and_o the_o other_o water_n and_o these_o philosopher_n follow_v by_o continual_a succession_n one_o upon_o another_o after_o thales_n make_v that_o sect_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d but_o from_o another_o head_n pythagoras_n the_o son_n of_o mnesarchus_n &_o a_o samian_a bear_v the_o first_o author_n of_o the_o name_n of_o philosophy_n hold_v that_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v number_n and_o their_o symmetry_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o proportion_n that_o they_o have_v in_o their_o correspondency_n one_o unto_o another_o which_o he_o call_v otherwise_o harmony_n &_o those_o element_n that_o be_v compose_v of_o they_o both_o be_v term_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d furthermore_o he_o reckon_v among_o principle_n unity_n and_o twain_o indefioit_n of_o which_o the_o one_o tend_v and_o hasten_v to_o a_o efficient_a and_o specifical_a cause_n to_o wit_n a_o mind_n and_o the_o same_o be_v god_n the_o other_o unto_o a_o passive_a and_o material_a cause_n namely_o the_o visible_a world_n moreover_o he_o think_v that_o the_o denarie_a or_o ten_o be_v the_o absolute_a nature_n and_o perfection_n of_o number_n for_o that_o all_o man_n as_o well_o greek_o as_o barbarian_n count_v until_o ten_o and_o when_o they_o be_v thither_o come_v they_o return_v back_o again_o unto_o unity_n over_o and_o beside_o he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o power_n of_o ten_o consist_v within_o four_o and_o in_o a_o quaternarie_a the_o reason_n be_v this_o