Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706
"By which way one may prove any thing, and it is but supposing that all watches, whilst the balance beats, think; and it is sufficiently proved, and past doubt, that my watch thought all last night."
preview | full record— Locke, John (1632-1704)
Date: 1691
"Thirdly, Let us hence duly learn to prize and value our Souls; is the Body such a rare Piece, what this is the Soul? the Body is but the Husk or Shell, the Soul is the Kernel; the Body is but the Cask, the Soul the precious Liquor contained in it; the Body is but the Cabinet; the Soul the Jewel;...
preview | full record— Ray [formerly Wray], John (1627–1705)
Date: 1694, 1708
"The artful spring, like the diffusive soul, / Informs the machine, and directs the whole"
preview | full record— Yalden, Thomas (1670-1736)
Date: 1696
"Imagine two clocks or watches which agree perfectly ... Put now the soul and the body in place of these two clocks; their accordance may be brought about by one of these three ways."
preview | full record— Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)