"The Characters Engraven on each, would be much the same, Deriv'd from those Sensations, which are Common to all; since according to this Philosophy, what is Originally Writ upon our Minds, is from our Conversation with External Objects, and then Reflecting upon the Operations of the Faculties and Powers or our Understandings; These therefore would be nearly Alike in all Men, and there would, in General, be little or no Room left for that Prodigious Variety and Distinction, Observable in the several Thoughts, Reasonings, Opinions, and Fancies of Men, and in the Forces and Strength of their proper Genius's, and Complexions of Mind."
The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books
Greene, Robert. <u>The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books. By Robert Greene, ...</u> Cambridge, 1727. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO