Quote: synchronize clocks by mutual influence, occasional corrections, or accuracy

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[2] Imagine two clocks … which always tell exactly the same time. This … the other; the second, by the attentions of … [5] Now put the soul and the body … The way of [mutual] influence is that of … qualities which can pass from one of these … that of the system of occasional causes; but … where reason says that God should intervene only … my theory, the way of pre-established harmony, set … in so perfect, so regular, and so exact … it was brought into being, each substance is … or as if in addition to his general …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: body and soul can not synchronize through mutual influence or assistance; requires exchange or deus ex machina

Quote: body and soul synchronize through pre-established harmony like perfect clocks

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