"if the King were to incorporate six hundred men into a regiment, there would not be six hundred and one Beings therefore, one for the regiment, and one for each of the men [so] neither when a multiple of atoms is run together to form a human body, is there a Being more than there was before: nor would a Being be lost out of nature upon its dissolution."
— Tucker, Abraham (1705-1774)
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Work Title
Date
1763
Metaphor
"if the King were to incorporate six hundred men into a regiment, there would not be six hundred and one Beings therefore, one for the regiment, and one for each of the men [so] neither when a multiple of atoms is run together to form a human body, is there a Being more than there was before: nor would a Being be lost out of nature upon its dissolution."
Metaphor in Context
if the King were to incorporate six hundred men into a regiment, there would not be six hundred and one Beings therefore, one for the regiment, and one for each of the men [so] neither when a multiple of atoms is run together to form a human body, is there a Being more than there was before: nor would a Being be lost out of nature upon its dissolution.
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Provenance
Reading Martin's and Barresi's Naturalization of the Soul (116)
Date of Entry
10/25/2004
Date of Review
06/09/2009
