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Quand on n’auroit trouvé des parties organiques materiaux des corps des animaux ce ne seroit pas avoir expliqué primordialement la generation: car il faudroit expliquer la formation de ces parties organiques elles memes. C’est domage que ceux qui font des experiences ne s’elevent queres à ces speculations, et que ceux qui font ces speculations soyent denués des experiences. ). ” (Maupertuis, Systême de la nature, In Maupertuis (1756), vol. ii, p. 147). 33 Mary Terrall This “principle of intelligence” resides in matter, down to its smallest parts.
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