"The Soul can neither impart to nor take away from the Matter of her Vehicle of Air any considerable degree of Motion, but yet can direct the particles moved which way she pleases by the Imperium of her Will."
— More, Henry (1614-1687)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Flesher, for William Morden
Date
1659
Metaphor
"The Soul can neither impart to nor take away from the Matter of her Vehicle of Air any considerable degree of Motion, but yet can direct the particles moved which way she pleases by the Imperium of her Will."
Metaphor in Context
Axiome XXX
The Soul in her Aerial Vehicle is capable of Sense properly so called, and consequently of Pleasure and Pain.
Axiome XXXI
The Soul can neither impart to nor take away from the Matter of her Vehicle of Air any considerable degree of Motion, but yet can direct the particles moved which way she pleases by the Imperium of her Will.
(III.i, p. 334)
The Soul in her Aerial Vehicle is capable of Sense properly so called, and consequently of Pleasure and Pain.
Axiome XXXI
The Soul can neither impart to nor take away from the Matter of her Vehicle of Air any considerable degree of Motion, but yet can direct the particles moved which way she pleases by the Imperium of her Will.
(III.i, p. 334)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "imperium" in EEBO
Citation
Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as it is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason (London: Printed by J. Flesher, for William Morden, 1659). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
03/29/2012
