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    A thing does not cease to be original merely because it i... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Mind is a genuinely new quality in the world despite its physical origins.

    A thing does not cease to be original merely because it is resoluble into more basic constituents.

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    [M]ind, though descended on its physical side from lower forms of existence, is, when it comes, a new quality in the world, and no more ceases to be original because in certain respects it is resoluble into physical motions, than colour disappears because it is resoluble into vibrations. (Alexander 1914: 304)

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