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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
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Others
again
said,
This
opinion
could
not
stand
with
reason;
for
Fire
being
a
destroyer
of
all
things,
the
Sun-Stone
after
this
manner
would
burn
up
all
the
near
adjoining
Bodies:
Besides,
said
they,
Fire
cannot
subsist
without
fuel;
and
the
Sun-Stone
having
nothing
to
feed
on,
would
in
a
short
time
consume
it
self;
wherefore
they
thought
it
more
probable
that
the
Sun
was
not
actually
hot,
but
onely
by
the
reflection
of
its
light;
so
that
its
heat
was
an
effect
of
its
light,
both
being
immaterial.
But
this
opinion
again
was
laught
at
by
others,
and
rejected
as
ridiculous,
who
thought
it
impossible
that
one
immaterial
should
produce
another;
and
believed
that
both
the
light
and
heat
of
the
Sun
proceeded
from
a
swift
Circular
motion
of
the
Æthereal
Globules,
which
by
their
striking
upon
the
Optick
nerve,
caused
light,
and
their
motion
produced
heat:
But
neither
would
this
opinion
hold;
for,
said
some,
then
it
would
follow,
that
the
sight
of
Animals
is
the
cause
of
light;
and
that,
were
there
no
eyes,
there
would
be
no
light;
which
was
against
all
sense
and
reason.
Thus
they
argued
concerning
the
heat
and
light
of
the
Sun;
but,
which
is
remarkable,
none
did
say,
that
the
Sun
was
a
Globous
fluid
body,
and
had
a
swift
Circular
motion;
but
all
agreed,
It
was
fixt
and
firm
like
a
Center,
and
therefore
they
generally
called
it
the
Sun-Stone.
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