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I don't say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese.

Gottfried Leibniz
Perception, Body, Cheese
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (2015). “Leibniz: Philosophical Essays”, p.169, Hackett Publishing
I don't say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese.