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For truly in nature there are many operations that are far more than mechanical. Nature is not simply an organic body like a clock, which has no vital principle of motion in it; but it is a living body which has life and perception, which are much more exalted than a mere mechanism or a mechanical motion.

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Anne Conway

Anne Conway

Born: December 14, 1631
Died: February 18, 1679 (aged 47)
Bio: Anne Conway was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Leibniz.
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