Two treatises in the one of which the nature of bodies, in the other, the nature of mans soule is looked into in way of discovery of the immortality of reasonable soules.

Title

Two treatises in the one of which the nature of bodies, in the other, the nature of mans soule is looked into in way of discovery of the immortality of reasonable soules.

Author

Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.

Publication

At Paris :: Printed by Gilles Blaizot,

1644.

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Subject terms

Matter -- Early works to 1800.

Atomism -- Early works to 1800.

Immortality -- Early works to 1800.

Soul -- Early works to 1800.

Science -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• TO MY SONNE KENELME DIGBY.
• A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS▪ AND MATTERS HANDLED IN THE FIRST TREATISE CONCERING BODIES.
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• A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS AND MATTERS HANDLED IN THE SECOND TREATISE CONCERNING MAN'S SOVLE.
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• THE PREFACE.
• approbations
  • APPROBATIONES DOCTORVM.
  • approbation
  • IDEM LATINE.
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• THE FIRST TREATISE DECLARING THE NATVRE AND OPERATIONS OF BODIES.
  • THE FIRST CHAPTER A Preamble to the whole discourse; concerning notions in generall.
  • THE SECOND CHAPTER. Of Quantity.
  • THE THIRD CHAPTER. Of Rarity and Density.
  • THE FOVRTH CHAPTER. Of the foure first qualities: and of the foure Elements.
  • THE FIFTH CHAPTER. Of the Operations of the Elements in generall. And of their Actiuities compared with one another.
  • THE SIXT CHAPTER. Of Light: what it is.
  • THE SEVENTH CHAPTER. Two obiections answered against light being fire; with a more ample proofe of its being such.
  • THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. An answere to three other obiections formerly proposed, against light being a substance.
  • THE NINETH CHAPTER. Of Locall Motion in common.
  • THE TENTH CHAPTER. Of Grauity and Leuity; and of Locall Motion, commonly termed Naturall.
  • THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER. An answere to obiections against the causes of naturall motion, auowed in the former chapter; and a refutation of the contrary opinion.
  • THE TWELTH CHAPTER. Of Violent Motion.
  • THE THERTEENTH CHAPTER. Of three sortes of violent motion, Reflexion, Vndulation, and Refraction.
  • THE FOVRETEENTH CHAPTER. Of the composition, qualities, and generation of Mixed bodies.
  • THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. Of the dissolution of Mixed bodies.
  • THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER. An explication of certaine Maximes touching the operations, and qualities af bodies: and whether the Elements be found pure in any part of the world.
  • THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER. Of Rarefaction and Condensation the two first motions of particular bodies.
  • THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER. Of an other motion belonging to particular bodies, called Attraction; and of certaine operations, termed Magicall.
  • THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER. Of three other motions belonging to particular bodies Filtration, Restitution, and Electricall attraction.
  • THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Of the Loadstones generation; and its particular motions.
  • THE ONE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Positions drawne out of the former doctrine, and confirmed by experimentall proofes.
  • THE TWO AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. A solution of certaine Problemes concerning the loadestone, and as hort summe of the whole doctrine touching it.
  • THE THREE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. A description of the two sortes of liuing creatures; Plants, and Animals: and how they are framed in common to performe vitall motion.
  • THE FOVRE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. A more particular suruay of the generation of Animals; in which is discouered what part of the animal is first generated.
  • THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER▪ How a Plant or Animal cometh to that figure it hath.
  • THE SIX AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. How motion beginneth in liuing creatures. And of the motion of the hart; circulation of the bloud; Nutrition; Augmentation; and corruption or death.
  • THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Of the motions of sense; and of the sensible qualities in generall; and in particular of those which belong to Touch, Tast, and Smelling.
  • THE EIGHT AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Of the sense of hearing, and of the sensible quality sound.
  • THE NINE AND TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Of Sight; and Colours.
  • THE THIRTIETH CHAPTER. Of luminous or apparente Colours.
  • THE ONE AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER. The causes of certaine appearances in luminous Colours; with a conclusion of the discourse touching the senses and the sensible qualities.
  • THE TWO AND THIRTIETH CHAPTER. Of sensation, or the motion whereby sense is properly exercised.
  • THE THREE AND THERTIETH CHAPTER. Of Memory.
  • THE FOVRE AND THERTIETH CHAPTER: Of voluntary motion: Naturall faculties: and passions.
  • THE FIVE AND THERTIETH CHAPTER. Of the materiall instruments of Knowledge and Passion; of the seuerall effects of Passions; of Paine and Pleasure; and how the vitall spirits are sent from the braine into the intended partes of the body, without mistaking their way.
  • THE SIX AND THERTIETH CHAPTER. Of some actions of beastes, that seeme to be formall actes of reason, as doubting, resoluing, inuenting.
  • THE SEVEN AND THERTIETH CHAPTER. Of the docility of some irrationall animals; and of certaine continuate actions of a long tract of time so orderly performed by them, that they seeme to argue knowledge in them.
  • THE EIGHT AND THERTIETH CHAPTER. Of prescience of future euentes, prouidencies, the knowing of thinges neuer seene bfore; and such other actions, obserued in some liuing creatures; which seeme to be euen aboue the reason that is in man himselfe.
• THE CONCLVSION OF THE FIRST TREATISE.
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• THE PREFACE.
• THE SECOND TREATISE; DECLARING, THE NATVRE AND OPERATIONS OF MANS SOVLE.
  • THE FIRST CHAPTER. Of simple Apprehensions.
  • THE SECOND CHAPTER. Of Thinking and Knowing.
  • THE THIRD CHAPTER. Of Discoursing.
  • THE FOVRTH CHAPTER. How a man proceedeth to Action.
  • THE FIFT CHAPTER. Containing proofes out of our single apprehensions, that our soule is incorporeall.
  • THE SIXT CHAPTER. Containing proofes out of our soules operations in knowing or deeming any thing, that she is of a spirituall nature.
  • THE SEVENTH CHAPTER. That our discoursing doth proue our soule to be incorporeall.
  • THE EIGHT CHAPTER. Containing proofes out of our manner of proceeding to action, that our soule is incorporeall.
  • THE NINTH CHAPTER. That our soule is a Substance, and Immortall.
  • THE TENTH CHAPTER. Declaring what the soule of a man, seperated from his body, is: and of her knowledge and manner of working.
  • THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER. Shewing what effects, the diuers manners of liuing in this world, do cause in a soule, after she is separated from her body.
  • THE TWELFTH CHAPTER. Of the perseuerance of a soule, in the state she findeth her selfe in, at her first separation from her body.
• THE CONCLVSION.
• PRIVILEGE DV ROY.