A26976:76
Of the immortality of mans soul, and the nature of it and other spirits.…
Of the immortality of mans soul, and the nature of it and other spirits. Two discourses, one in a letter to an unknown doubter, the other in a reply to Dr. Henry Moore's Animadversions on a private letter to him, which he published in his second edition of Mr. Joseph Glanvil's Sadducismus triumphatus, or, History of apparitions by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for B. Simons, 1682
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To pass by many other I will but recite the words of Micraelius Ethnophron, li. 1. c. 13. p. 23, 24. instancing in many that held the Soul to be Pure Matter. [Eam Sententiam inter veteres, probavit apud Macrobium, Heraclitus Physicus, cui anima est Essentiae Stellaris scintilla; Et Hipparchus apud Plinium, cui est coeli pars: Et Africanus apud Ciceronem qui detrahit animum ex illis sempiternis ignibus quae Sidera vocamus; quaeque globosae & rotundae divinis animatae mentibus circules suos orbesque conficiunt celeritate mirabili: Et Seneca qui descendisse eam ex illo coelesti Spiritu ait; Et Plato ipse qui alicubi animam vocat [Greek or Hebrew], radians & splendidum vehiculum: Et Epictetus qui Astra vocat nobis [Greek or Hebrew], amica & cognata elementa: Ipseque cum Peripateticis Aristoteles qui eam ⟨p. 30⟩quinta essentia constare, & [Greek or Hebrew] in animabus inesse dicit: Inter nostrates quoque Scaliger vocat animam Naturam coelestem & quintam essentiam, alia quidem à quatuor Elementis naturâ praeditam, sed non sine omni materia: Eadem Opinio arridet Roherto de Fluctibus, &c. And what many Fathers say I have elsewhere showed.
To pass by many other I will but recite the words of Micraelius Ethnophron, li. 1. c. 13. p. 23, 24. instancing in many that held the Soul to be Pure Matter. [Eam Sententiam inter veteres, probavit apud Macrobium, Heraclitus Physicus, cui anima est Essentiae Stellaris scintilla; Et Hipparchus apud Plinium, cui est coeli pars: Et Africanus apud Ciceronem qui detrahit animum ex illis sempiternis ignibus quae Sidera vocamus; quaeque globosae & rotundae divinis animatae mentibus circules suos orbesque conficiunt celeritate mirabili: Et Seneca qui descendisse eam ex illo coelesti Spiritu ait; Et Plato ipse qui alicubi animam vocat 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, radians & splendidum vehiculum: Et Epictetus qui Astra vocat nobis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, amica & cognata elementa: Ipseque cum Peripateticis Aristoteles qui eam ⟨p. 30⟩quinta essentia constare, & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in animabus inesse dicit: Inter nostrates quoque Scaliger vocat animam Naturam coelestem & quintam essentiam, alia quidem à quatuor Elementis naturâ praeditam, sed non sine omni materia: Eadem Opinio arridet Roherto de Fluctibus, &c. And what many Fathers say I have elsewhere shewed.