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Quote: if animals have feelings because their atoms have feelings, there's nowhere you can stand; atoms do not laugh, nor are they skilled in philosophical discourse
Group:
psychology
Topic:
vitalism, the soul
Topic:
metaphysics and epistemology
Quotation Skeleton
[II.972] Again, if living beings can only be … of atoms which compose the human race? // … for seeing they resemble // Entire human beings, … ad infinitum, till // There's nowhere you can … far you go -- // For anything that … same. But if we realize // This argument … particles that laugh, Be wise and skilled in … Then why should not such things that feel … Google-1 Google-2
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Additional Titles
Quote: feelings and intelligence arise from combinations of particles that are themselves devoid of all sensation
Group: psychology (9 topics, 307 quotes)
Topic: vitalism, the soul (73 items)
Topic: metaphysics and epistemology (99 items)