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Leibniz recognizes three chief competing theories of causation: physical influx (influxus physicus), occasionalism, and pre-established harmony.
Leibniz on Causation Bobro, Marc 2009
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It is likely that Le Grand's edition of Jacobi Rohaulti tractatus physicus (1682) was the first of his Cartesian works accepted at Cambridge.
Antoine Le Grand Easton, Patricia 2006
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In later Latin _physicus_ and _medicus_ are almost always interchangeable.
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Hugo, "physicus excellens qui quadrivium docuit", and it is to be assumed that this science was included in his teaching.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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As further instances of Augustinian influence may be cited Alanus ab Insulis (but the soul is united by a spiritus physicus to the body); Alexander of Hales (union ad modum formæ cum materia); St. Bonaventure (the body united to a soul consisting of "form" and "spiritual matter" — forma completiva).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Seals do it with whiskers, sharks do it with noses - tracking fish with supersenses edyong209: @physicus As am I now.
Discover Blogs 2010
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_physicianus_ was introduced to make a distinction from the charm-mongering _physicus_.
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Leibniz dismisses the influxus physicus of the Scholastic Francisco Suarez as a “barbaric expression metaphorical and more obscure than what it defines” (Preface to an Edition of Nizolius GP iv,
Leibniz on Causation Bobro, Marc 2009
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_physicus_ being applied to persons prosessing the Art of Healing long before the 14th century [66], as implying _such_ knowledge and skill in all kinds of natural substances, constituting the _materia medica_, as was necessiary for them in practice.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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