"Lastly, Supposing the Mind was not an Immaterial Substance, Grant it to be a Material one, if it has yet any Peculiar nature or Constitution of it's own, it could not be a Rasa Tabula, upon which any Thing might be Imprinted; This Paper, for Instance, on which I Write, is Susceptible of those Characters, which I Draw upon it, because it's Nature is such, as to Receive the Impression of the Ink, which Falls from the Pen, but Fire, or Flame, would not Admit of the same Characters, Described in the same Way, nor would Oil, or Spirit of Nitre, do it, nor, on the Contrary, would it be Possible to Write these Characters upon this Paper with those Substances"
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