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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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Then
she
asked
them,
Whether
Spirits
could
be
naked?
and
whether
they
were
of
a
dark,
or
a
light
colour?
As
for
our
Nakedness,
it
is
a
very
odd
question,
answered
the
Spirits;
and
we
do
not
know
what
you
mean
by
a
Naked
Spirit;
for
you
judg
of
us
as
of
corporeal
Creatures;
and
as
for
Colour,
said
they,
it
is
according
to
our
Vehicles;
for
Colour
belongs
to
Body,
and
as
there
is
no
Body
that
is
colourless,
so
there
is
no
Colour
that
is
bodiless.
Then
the
Empress
desired
to
be
informed,
Whether
all
Souls
were
made
at
the
first
Creation
of
the
World?
We
know
no
more,
answered
the
Spirits,
of
the
origin
of
humane
Souls,
then
we
know
of
our
Selves.
she
asked
further,
Whether
humane
bodies
were
not
burthensome
to
humane
Souls?
They
answered,
That
Bodies,
made
Souls
active,
as
giving
them
motion;
and
if
action
was
troublesome
to
Souls,
then
Bodies
were
so
too.
she
asked
again,
Whether
Souls
did
chuse
Bodies?
They
answered,
That
Platonicks
believed,
the
Souls
of
Lovers
lived
in
the
Bodies
of
their
Beloved,
but
surely,
said
they,
if
there
be
a
multitude
of
Souls
in
a
World
of
Matter,
they
cannot
miss
Bodies;
for
as
soon
as
a
Soul
is
parted
from
one
Body,
it
enters
into
another;
and
Souls
having
no
motion
of
themselves,
must
of
necessity
be
clothed
or
imbodied
with
the
next
parts
of
Matter.
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