Anne Conway (philosopher) Quote

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.


The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1692), trans. and ed. Allison Coudert and Taylor Corse (1996)


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...

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...

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...

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...