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body_n but_o this_o learned_a man_n know_v the_o platonist_n assign_v they_o soul_n immaterial_a bâ—…ings_n divers_a from_o the_o body_n and_o the_o peripatetic_n substantial_a form_n distinct_a from_o matter_n des_fw-mi cartes_n indeed_o think_v they_o to_o be_v pure_a machine_n move_v altogether_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o clock_n or_o engine_n which_o if_o it_o shall_v prove_v to_o be_v true_o their_o case_n yet_o have_v we_o no_o reason_n to_o believe_v it_o so_o in_o ourselves_o since_o we_o feel_v it_o otherwise_o viz._n that_o we_o can_v move_v and_o stop_v many_o of_o our_o motion_n upon_o the_o command_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o will_n which_o faculty_n belong_v to_o some_o principle_n immaterial_a and_o if_o this_o be_v always_o determine_v by_o something_o corporeal_a and_o not_o in_o our_o own_o power_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o intimate_v farewell_o liberty_n and_o welcome_a stoical_a necessity_n and_o irresistible_a fate_n in_o all_o thing_n for_o the_o other_o thing_n that_o follow_v pag._n 35._o in_o answer_n to_o the_o doubt_n about_o sensation_n particular_o our_o decern_a quantity_n distance_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v evident_a by_o what_o he_o speak_v of_o demonstrate_v those_o thing_n by_o the_o optic_n that_o he_o understand_v not_o the_o force_n of_o the_o objection_n and_o have_v say_v nothing_o that_o come_v near_o it_o as_o will_v appear_v plain_o to_o any_o capable_a person_n that_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o compare_v what_o we_o both_o write_v he_o come_v next_o p._n 36._o to_o my_o difficulty_n about_o the_o memory_n concern_v which_o i_o say_v not_o as_o he_o suggest_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v explicate_v but_o that_o none_o of_o the_o know_a hypotheseis_n have_v yet_o explain_v it_o which_o be_v sufficient_a for_o my_o general_a conclusion_n of_o the_o present_a imperfection_n and_o the_o narrowness_n of_o our_o knowledge_n but_o our_o author_n think_v sir_n k._n digby_n account_v to_o be_v the_o true_a 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