Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit: To Which Is Added, the History of the Philosophical Doctrine Concerning the Origin of the Soul, and the Nature of Matter; With Its Influence on Christianity, Especially With Respect to the Doctrine of the Pre-E

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