Lady Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher, was born on this day 14 December 1631. plato.stanford.edu/entries/conway/ For truly in nature there are many operations that are far more than mechanical. Nature is not simply an organic body like a clock, which has no vital principle of motion in it; but it is a living body which has life and perception, which are much more exalted than a mere mechanism or a mechanical motion. — Viscountess Anne Conway The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1692)
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