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... person . Matter is essentially complex and divisible ; the smallest particle of it has still an upper and an under - side , and we can conceive of these two being separated from each other . Mind , or person , as already remarked , is ...
... person . Matter is essentially complex and divisible ; the smallest particle of it has still an upper and an under - side , and we can conceive of these two being separated from each other . Mind , or person , as already remarked , is ...
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... person is contrasted with the essential complexity of matter only to show , that the body is but the house we live in , or the garment which covers us for a season . But an indivisible atom is not necessarily indestructible , any more ...
... person is contrasted with the essential complexity of matter only to show , that the body is but the house we live in , or the garment which covers us for a season . But an indivisible atom is not necessarily indestructible , any more ...
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... person in Palestine , his companion said to him , with horror , ' What hideous spectre is that which approaches us ? I do not like his visage . Send me , I pray thee , to the remotest mountain of India . ' Solomon complied , and the ...
... person in Palestine , his companion said to him , with horror , ' What hideous spectre is that which approaches us ? I do not like his visage . Send me , I pray thee , to the remotest mountain of India . ' Solomon complied , and the ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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