Meaning of refluctuation | Babel Free
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“Now the Reason⟳, or rather the Cause from whence this Imbecility or Weakness of the Head did proceed is, for as much as there is a Penury or lake of Spirits by their Refluctuation to their proper Fountain and Center, and that occasion'd by Sleep⟳, they are not so quickly and readily distributed and diffused again through the Organs of the Senses.”
“And it is more probable, that the Impressions made upon our Organs produce⟳ an Undulation and Refluctuation of the Spirits, or of Newton's materia subtilis in the Nervous Fibrils, which reaching the Sensorium, gives us the Ideas of objects; than that these Ideas should be excited by these Vibrations themselves."”
“It is striking that the "sensorial motions" do not hinge on vibration or the flow⟳ of the spirit like⟳ the inflowing of animal spirits through the nerves to the muscles ("The sensorial motions...are not here supposed to be flutuations or refluctuation of the spirit of animation; nor are they supposed to be vibrations or revibrations") , but on the motions “peculiar to life."”
“[…] production during years of stress⟳, and its comparative refluctuation when social conditions are easy and prosperous.”
“But he is not even sure that this is the real spring⟳ of his hesitancy, it is rather the refluctuation of old emotions; and he would prefer⟳ to escape⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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