The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
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The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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London :: Printed for J. Martin and J. Allestrye ...,
1655.
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"The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53065.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.
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There is no perfect Love or Hate in Humanity.
THE reason why there can be no perfect Love or Hate in this World, is, because all things are subject to change and alter; for at whatsoever is in the World we may take such an Ex∣ception, that we may come to hate that which we seemed passionatly to love, and to love that which we seem violently to hate; for perfect Love or Hate must come from chosen Opi∣nions of Good or Bad, either to love Good or hate Evill, as it is natural, if there be any evil in Nature, or in relation to our selves,
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as we conceive to do us Good or Hurt; for we cannot truly love or hate, untill we can distinguish between Good or Evil; but to speak truly, we cannot love or hate, untill we perfectly know the Nature and Essence of what we love or hate, which is impossible: for who knows the Essence of any one thing in the World? and what is more unknown than the Nature of Man, either by them∣selves, or others, which is alwaies subject to Alterations? And since nothing can be known, we cannot truly love or hate, for Knowledge is required to the establishment of either; but the Inconstancy of Man is such, as he esteems, and despises one thing in a Moment.
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