1669 Kenelm Digby Natural Philosophy Bodies Atomism Souls Medicine Diet Plants

1669 Kenelm Digby Natural Philosophy Bodies Atomism Souls Medicine Diet Plants

Kenelm Digby was a 17^th-century English writer whose treatises on natural philosophy have made lasting impressions and contributions to Atomism. Digby believed in the concept of atoms making up the whole of the universe but practiced it in a more Aristotelian, philosophical way. The two treaties that make up his atomist philosophy is “The Nature of Bodies” and “On the Immortality of Reasonable Souls,” both of which are found in this 1669 English edition.

Item number: #22314

Price: $1500

DIGBY, Kenelm

Of bodies and of mans soul to discover the immortality of reasonable souls : with two discourses, Of the powder of sympathy, and, Of the vegetation of plants

London: Printed by S.G. and B.G. for John Williams, 1669. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
  • 1 – [56], 439, [1]
  • 2 – [10], 231, [1]
    • “Second treatise, declaring the nature and operations of mans soul, out of which the immortality of reasonable souls is convinced”
    • Also contains two discourses: “Of the powder of sympathy” and “Of the vegetation of plants,” each with separate title pages
  • References: Wing D 1451
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.75in X 6in (19.5cm x 15cm)
  • Very rare and desirable

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