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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Philosophy, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- History.
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Cite this Item
"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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