"The soul seems to be like a little flame or a most attenuated kind of fire, which thrives or remains kindled while the animal lives, since if it no longer thrives or is put out, the animal dies."
— Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655)
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Date
1658
Metaphor
"The soul seems to be like a little flame or a most attenuated kind of fire, which thrives or remains kindled while the animal lives, since if it no longer thrives or is put out, the animal dies."
Metaphor in Context
The soul seems to be like a little flame or a most attenuated kind of fire, which thrives or remains kindled while the animal lives, since if it no longer thrives or is put out, the animal dies.
(p. 327 in Macdonald)
(p. 327 in Macdonald)
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Provenance
Reading Paul S. MacDonald History of the Concept of Mind (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003), 327. Macdonald cites The Selected Works of Gassendi, ed. and trans. Craig B. Bush (New York and London: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1972), 421.
Citation
Quotation from Paul S. MacDonald History of the Concept of Mind. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. p. 327.
Date of Entry
02/16/2004
Date of Review
04/26/2007
