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 1, 2024.
Pages
Sect. VIII.
VEnus then is Beauty, whereof Love is generated: properly
his Mother, because Beauty is the cause of Love, not as pro∣ductive
principle of this act, to Love, but as its object: the Soul,
being the efficient cause of it as of all his acts; Beauty the mate∣riall:
For in Philosophy the efficient is assimilated to the Father,
the material to the Mother.
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