The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley.
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Title
The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley.
Author
Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678.
Publication
London :: Printed for Humphrey Moseley and Thomas Dring :
1656.
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Subject terms
Philosophy, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- History.
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"The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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Sect. VII.
THe antient Ethnick Theologians, who cast Poeticall vails
over the face of their mysteries, expresse these three natures
by other names. Coelum they call God himself; he produc'd the
first Mind, Saturn: Saturn the Soul of the World, Iupiter. Coelum
imples Priority, and excellence, as in the Firmament, the first
Heaven. Saturn signifies Intellectuall nature, wholly imploy'd in
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contemplation; Iupiter active life, consisting in moving and go∣verning
all subordinate to it. The properties of the two latter a∣gree
with their Planets: Saturn makes Men Contemplative, Iu∣piter
Imperious. The Speculative busied about things above them;
the Practick beneath them.
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