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and who from much less numerous facts 

 have drawn the same inferences that I have 

 done. And many of these, from Pytha- 

 goras downwards, have expressed their sen- 

 timents, though with some variety, yet 

 pretty much to the same effect. The Greek 

 philosophers recognized in man, the I,of/,a, 

 "^vxvi and N&r?, the body, vital principle, 

 and mind, whilst some used words signifi- 

 cant of intellect, to express the energizing 

 principle in nature, without apparently 

 having any clear ideas of intelligence. 



What was called the Anima Mundi, was, 

 however, by many considered as a distinct 

 and active principle, and was not con- 

 founded with intelligence of any kind. I 

 know not how I can better exhibit to my 

 audience the subject T am alluding to, or 

 better acquaint them with the general te- 

 nour and tendencies of these opinions, than 

 by quoting that portion of these philoso- 

 phical notions, which Virgil is said to have 

 put into the mouth of Anchises : 



' Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus 

 Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpora miscet. 



