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kind_n of_o spirit_n in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr abditis_fw-la rerum_fw-la causis_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 11._o but_o all_o be_v but_o guess_v and_o conjecture_n see_v gaspar_n schottus_n his_o physica_fw-la curiosa_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 12._o etc._n etc._n chap._n viii_o another_o essay_n about_o the_o nature_n of_o animal_n and_o spirit_n sect_n i._o the_o subject_a far_o illustrate_v by_o a_o comparison_n of_o the_o universe_n with_o a_o particular_a animal_n the_o universe_n a_o whole_a particular_a animal_n but_o member_n of_o that_o whole_a a_o particular_a animal_n be_v as_o a_o organ_n with_o its_o faculty_n the_o universe_n as_o a_o body_n compose_v of_o several_a organ_n with_o a_o soul_n that_o endue_v these_o organ_n with_o several_a faculty_n a_o demonstration_n even_o to_o sense_n of_o a_o common_a principle_n that_o penetrate_v throughout_o the_o universe_n in_o what_o sense_n a_o soul_n be_v a_o faculty_n and_o in_o what_o a_o principle_n of_o faculty_n two_o sense_n 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