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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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Secondly, the object of the Desires quatale is apprehended as Absent and distant, in as much as presence worketh delight rather than desire. The things we have, we enjoy, we do not covet, we rest in them we do not move towards them. Yet not always Absent quoad t•m, but quoad gradus, not in the whole, but in the parts and degrees of it: for the presence of a good thing doth in some sort quicken the Desires towards the same thing1 so far forth as it is capable of improvement and augmentation.
Secondly, the object of the Desires quatale is apprehended as Absent and distant, in as much as presence worketh delight rather than desire. The things we have, we enjoy, wee doe not covet, wee rest in them we doe not move towards them. Yet not alwaies Absent quoad t•m, but quoad gradus, not in the whole, but in the parts and degrees of it: for the presence of a good thing doth in some sort quicken the Desires towards the same thing1 so farre forth as it is capable of improvement and augmentation.
- 1Crescit A•or nu•i quantum ipsa pecu nia cresc•. […] […] […] […] qui […] •abet […]. S•. 14. Aristot. lib 1. Politic. c. • ▪ Plutarch. lib. de Cupidi•. diviti•. See […]. •p. 73. M•. 9. •4.Crescit A•or nu•i quantum ipsa pecu nia cresc. qui abet . S. 14. Aristot. lib 1. Politic. c. Plutarch. lib. de Cupidi. diviti. Se . p. 73. M. 9. 4.