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"Elements Of The Economy Of Nature; Or, The Principles Of Physics, Chemistry And Physiology" by John Gibson Macvicar describes a bold 19th?century natural philosophy that treats mind as a distinct, primitive essence that precedes ordinary matter. The work posits three interrelated realities: a universal Supreme Mind, finitely embodied minds (humans and animals), and material substance, with mind acting upon and interpreting matter. It develops an atomic theory founded on spheropherous polarity and imitation, where atoms arrange in symmetric forms (tetrahedrons, bipyramids, octahedra) and crystallize through polarization, while a subtile matter atmosphere governs attraction, confluence, and rotation. The text distinguishes two developmental epochs of mind—an instinctive phase and a cogitative phase—explains memory and habit as self?imitation, and grounds morality in a Divine Presence within, linking virtue and conscience to religious longing. It interweaves aesthetics, architecture, and sensory experience, tracing beauty to three axes of form, expression, and symbol, and connecting color, music, and language to the same mental laws. Epistemology centers on a balance between evidence and belief, with revelation deemed necessary to complete the mechanism by which mind aligns with ultimate truth. The concluding arc emphasizes unity among Truth, Conscience, and the Love of God and suggests finite minds may progress toward greater goodness in harmony with revelation. An empirical appendix and plates illustrate atomic structures and molecular symmetries.
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