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The philosophy of Gassendi

Note 61 — Chapter III · FIRST PRINCIPLES

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This must be taken with a limitation. The actual ultimate is not the atom but the ‘semina rerum,’ i.e. atoms qualified to enter into any combination of a given kind. The process of Generation is ‘assimilation,’ or reunion of like with like, a process of selection as well as combination.

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