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Ideas for 'God and Human Attributes', 'The Origin of Forms and Qualities' and 'Epistemology Naturalized'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

15952	The corpuscles just have shape, size and motion, which explains things without 'sympathies' or 'forces' [Boyle, by Alexander,P]
	Full Idea: In Boyle's corpuscular philosophy, all material substances are composed of minute particles or corpuscles, with ordinary properties such as shape, size and motion. There was no need for occult relations between them, such as sympathies, or even forces.
	From: report of Robert Boyle (The Origin of Forms and Qualities [1666]) by Peter Alexander - Ideas, Qualities and Corpuscles 01.1

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

15972	The corpuscular theory allows motion, but does not include forces between the particles [Boyle, by Alexander,P]
	Full Idea: Though there is motion, the corpuscles will not be dynamic because the idea of forces between the particles or groups of them does not figure in the theory.
	From: report of Robert Boyle (The Origin of Forms and Qualities [1666]) by Peter Alexander - Ideas, Qualities and Corpuscles 5.2
	A reaction: This is the view of Locke, as well as of Boyle. I quote this because I take to it be a particular target of Leibniz's disagreement.