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CLIX.
MADAM,
YOu desire me to Explane that Chapter of Atomes, which is before my Book of Philosophical Opinions, but truly I cannot Ex∣plane it more Clearly than I have done, which is, that I thought this World could not be made out of Atomes, but if it was made by Atomes, they must be both the Architects and Materials, neither could they do that Work, un∣less every Atome was Animated with Life and Knowledg, for an Animated Substance is a Li∣ving, Knowing Substance, which Life and Knowledg is Sense and Reason; and thus eve∣ry Atome must have a Body, which is a Sub∣stance, and that Substance Sense and Reason, and so Probably Passions and Appetites, as well as Wit and Ingenuity, to make Worlds, and Worlds of Creatures, as also Passions and Ap∣petites that Sympathize and Antipathize, as not only to Create, but to Dissolve the Self-creating Figures, which Sympathy and Anti∣pathy might cause the Continuation of the World, for if they did alwayes Agree, there would be no Change, and if they did alwayes Disagree, there would be a Confusion. But I have written so much of Atomes, in my Book of Poems, as I cannot well write more of that