Philosophicall fancies. Written by the Right Honourable, the Lady Newcastle.
- Title
- Philosophicall fancies. Written by the Right Honourable, the Lady Newcastle.
- Author
- Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Tho: Roycroft, for J. Martin, and J. Allestrye, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard,
- 1653.
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- Subject terms
- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
- Mind and body -- Early works to 1800.
- Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800.
- Good and evil -- Early works to 1800.
- Virtue -- Early works to 1800.
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- Cite this Item
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"Philosophicall fancies. Written by the Right Honourable, the Lady Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53057.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- verse epistles
-
TO SIR
CHARLES CAVENDISH, MY NOBLE BROTHER-IN-LAW. - TO THE READER.
- The Table.
-
collection
- OF MATTER AND MOTION.
-
Of the
Form, and theMinde. - Eternall Matter.
-
Of Infinite matter. - No proportion in Nature.
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Of one
Kinde ofMatter. -
Of Infinite knowledge. -
No
Judge inNature. -
Of
Perfection. -
Of
Inequalities. -
Of
Unities. -
There is no
Vacuity. -
Of
Thin, andThick Matter. -
Of
Vacuum. -
The
Unity ofNature. -
Of
Division. -
The
Order ofNature. -
Of
War, and no absolutePower. -
Of
Power. -
Similizing theSpirits, orInnate Matter. -
Of
Operation. -
Naturall, orSensitive War. -
Of
Annihilation. -
Of
LIFE. -
Of
CHANGE. -
Of
Youth, orGrowth. -
Of
Increasing. -
Of
Decay. -
Of
Dead, andDeath. -
Of
Locall Shapes. -
The
Visible Motion inAnimals, Vegetables, andMinerals. -
Of the
Working of severallMo∣tions ofNature. -
Of the
Minde. -
Of their severall
Dances, orFigures. -
The
Sympathy, andAntipathy ofSpirits. -
The
Sympathy ofSensitive, andRationall Spirits in oneFi∣gure. -
The
Sympathy of theRationall andSensitive Spirits, to theFigure they make, and inha∣bit. -
Of
Pleasure, andPaine. -
Of the
Minde. -
Of
Thinking, or theMinde, andThoughts. -
Of the
Motions of theSpirits. -
Of the Creation of the Animall
Figure. -
The Gathering of
Spirits. -
The moving of
Innate Matter. -
Of
Matter, Motion, andKnow∣ledge orUnderstanding. -
Of the
Animall Figure. -
What an
Animall is. -
Of
Sense andReason exercised in their different shapes. -
Of the
dispersing of theRationall Spirits. - Of the Senses.
-
Of
Motion that makesLight. - Opticks.
-
Of the
flowing of theSpirits. -
Of
Motion, andMatter. -
Of the
Braine. -
Of
Darknesse. -
Of the
Sun. -
Of the
Cloudes. -
Of the
Motion of thePlanets. -
The
Motion of theSea.
- addendum
-
A
Dialogue between theBody, and theMinde. -
A Request to my
Friends. - AN ELEGY.
- A Farewell to the MUSES.