PHILOSOPHER.
I know not.
DEMONIAC.
What is matter?
PHILOSOPHER.
I scarcely know. I believe it to have extent, solidity, resistance, gravity, divisibility, mobility. God may have given it a thousand other qualities of which I am ignorant.
DEMONIAC.
A thousand other qualities, traitor! I see what thou wouldst be at; thou wouldst tell me that God can animate matter, that He has given instinct to animals, that He is the Master of all.
PHILOSOPHER.
But it may very well be, that He has granted to this matter many properties which you cannot comprehend.