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Record Number: 6158


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'reasons out of Aristotle Mechanicks which I had very lately read' [explain a vision].

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England (?)

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry More

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Oct 1614

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Philosopher

Religion:

Theosophist / mystical / Cambridge movement

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England (?)

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Aristotle

Title:

Mechanicks

Genre:

Science, Mathematics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6158

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry More

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Enthusiasmum Triumphatus

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

Full title: Enthusiasmum Triumphatus, or, a Discourse of the nature, causes, kinds, and cure, of Enthusiasme; written by Philophilus Parresiastes, and prefix'd to Alazonomastix his observations and reply Around the time of the outbreak of the civil war

Citation:

Henry More, Enthusiasmum Triumphatus, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6158, accessed: 13 May 2024


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