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Index absolutism, 101–2, 105–10, 115, 119, 165, 170 actions, 90, 92, 101, 217n55; brain, with senses, 39, 41, 44, 48, 50, 133–34; in nature, 136, 139 admiration, 31–32 agency, 62, 122, 217n55, 217n59 air, 43, 95, 167, 181 alchemy, 1–2, 6, 144, 147, 149, 199n3; matter, 55–57, 60–61, 94, 142; particulate , 51, 212n26 angels/Angel, 23, 98, 117, 141, 143, 170 animals: automatonism, 133–34; drama imagery, 13, 122–23, 176–79; experimentation , 23, 31, 164–65; matter, 43, 53, 68, 181, 187–88; rationality, 11–12, 72–73, 85, 121–22, 130, 170, 194; soul, 53, 60–61, 97–98 animate beings/matter, 18, 47, 49, 59, 104, 106, 132 antipathy, 56, 58, 63, 65, 84, 211n7 ape-men, 1, 152, 159, 165, 167, 228n19 Aristotle, 2, 8–9, 45, 56, 72, 120, 156, 211n7 art/Art, 10–11, 13, 147, 159–63, 166–67 astronomy, 68, 73, 95–96, 158, 160, 165–66, 181 atheism, 36, 47, 53, 62, 67, 85–86, 136, 140–41, 184 atomism, 12, 192, 212n26; autonomy, 43–45, 57, 64–65, 81, 104; Cavendish’s, 34, 38–49, 55, 68–69, 97, 162; Epicurean , 2, 34–37, 41, 46–48, 51–52, 62, 65–68, 85, 103, 179; fairies, 35–37, 39, 48–55, 58–62, 131–32, 169, 181; politics, 101–4, 219n7; religion vs., 35–36, 45–46, 62, 66, 82, 86–87 authority: attack on, 16–17, 22, 32, 82, 155; Cavendish’s challenge, 6, 12–13, 36–39, 138–39, 192–93 autonomy: individual, 104, 119, 137–38, 194, 225n45; matter, 43–45, 54–55, 57, 64–65, 80–81, 104 Bacon, Francis, 2, 6, 19, 139, 163 bear-men, 1, 152, 165–67 beast-men, 1, 13, 73, 95, 121, 176–79, 186, 191; Blazing World, 152, 164–72 beings: kinds, 23, 49, 103, 122, 142–43; other world, 95–96 bestiality, 97, 146, 160; female, 7–8, 13, 82, 123–24, 177, 191 Blazing World, 1, 3, 10, 191, 195; experimental philosophy, 149, 151–54, 157, 161–72; material regeneration, 174–77, 185–88; natural philosophy, 18, 29, 32, 203n13; politics, 106, 113–14, 124, 165 body: mind/soul connection, 87–88, 91, 97, 104, 129–34, 216n45, 224n21; motion, 59, 70–71, 130–33; regeneration vs. resurrection, 42–45, 95, 173, 179–88, 218n73, 233n41 Boyle, Robert, 2, 10–11, 16, 28–29, 31–32, 154, 158, 162, 167, 228n19 brain: actions, with senses, 39, 41, 44, 48, 50, 133–34; materialism, 63, 131, 183–84, 189; order vs. disorder, 71–72, 110 cause and effect, 89–90, 158–59, 161, 165, 171 Cavendish, Margaret: appeal to universities , 79–80, 152–57, 180, 187; appearance, 244 i n d e x Cavendish, Margaret (continued) 15, 22, 26–32; biography, 2–4, 8, 16, 19, 26, 80, 100, 174, 197, 204n33; eccentricity , 22–23, 27, 174–75, 190, 204n33; genres, 2, 15, 17–26, 39, 46, 51, 54, 57, 64–66, 77, 86, 173–74, 188; housewife, 5, 22–25; hybrid views, 7–9, 15, 73, 95, 186, 190–97; mediator, 23–27, 48, 72; originality, 19, 46, 54–55, 63–64, 101, 175, 188–89; Royal Society visit, 6, 15, 22, 25–33, 37, 171–74, 191 Cavendish, William. See Newcastle, Duke of censure, 115–16, 137, 225n45 chain of being/worth, 23, 49, 95, 122 Charleton, Walter, 35, 46–48, 60–62, 66–67, 81, 86, 212n26 chastity, 78–79, 85, 95–96 chemistry/chemists, 60, 94, 142, 152 child-bearing, 112, 143–44, 146, 180, 188 children, 9, 123; experimenters, 152, 157–58, 171–72; forms, 34–35, 39, 180 Christian trinity, 105. See also religion chymistry/chymists, 1, 12, 28, 60, 187, 192, 194, 199n3; criticism, 147, 154, 167, 228n19. See also alchemy; experimental philosophy class, societal: experimenters, 149–56; natural philosophy, 16, 20–27, 48; other world, 95–96; values, 56, 196–97 cognition: atomism, 35, 44–45, 48, 50; forms, 17–18, 184, 189; matter, 56, 59, 72, 92–93, 133, 143, 211n7; soul vs., 87–88, 216n45 comets, 166 conceptions, 59, 78–79, 99, 183–84 “Convent of Pleasure, The” (play), 173–74, 178–79, 183–85 corporeal body/soul, 46, 86–88, 91, 94–98, 120, 133–34, 141, 148, 181, 193, 233n41 cosmogony, 107; atomism, 35–36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 53; matter, 57, 62; nature, 76, 83–84, 95 creation: atomism, 43–45, 64–65, 104; Cavendish’s, 18, 29...

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