"I say, life and figure are distinct attributes of one substance, and as one and the same body may be transmuted into …"

"The framework of Conway's system is a tripartite ontological hierarchy of ‘species’, the highest of which is God, the…"

"She explains evil as a falling away from the perfection of God, and understands suffering as part of a longer term pr…"

"My philosophical views approach somewhat closely those of the late Countess of Conway, and hold a middle position bet…"

"She distinguishes three distinct kinds of being, God, Christ, and creation, which are differentiable from each other …"

"Anne Conway embraces the fundamental tenet of the occult philosophers that God was not a vindictive Father who wanted…"

"Some pre-Socratic “Greek” thinking conceived of the world as a composite whole made up of indivisible parts (atoms) a…"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

"It is through trees that we see and hear the wind: woodland people can tell the species of a tree from the sound it m…"