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part_n every_o alter_a action_n cause_v both_o a_o alter_a self-knowledg_n and_o a_o alter_v perceptive_a knowledge_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o variety_n of_o corporeal_a motion_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sort_n or_o kind_n of_o motion_n there_o be_v infinite_a variety_n of_o motion_n of_o the_o same_o sort_n and_o kind_n of_o motion_n as_o for_o example_n of_o dilatation_n or_o extension_n expulsion_n attraction_n contraction_n retention_n digestion_n respiration_n there_o be_v also_o variety_n of_o density_n rarity_n gravity_n levities_n measure_n size_n agilness_n slowness_n strength_n weakness_n time_n season_n growth_n decay_n life_n death_n conception_n perception_n passion_n appetite_n sympathy_n antipathy_n and_o million_o the_o like_a kind_n or_o sort_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o variety_n of_o particular_a creature_n nature_n be_v so_o delight_v with_o variety_n that_o seldom_o two_o creature_n although_o of_o the_o same_o sort_n nay_o from_o the_o same_o producer_n be_v 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