Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 68
... Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the death of fire was a birth to air , and the death of air a birth : to water . This opinion is alfo maintained by . ( m ) 137 , 145 . Sir Sir Ifaac Newton . Though it may be ...
... Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the death of fire was a birth to air , and the death of air a birth : to water . This opinion is alfo maintained by . ( m ) 137 , 145 . Sir Sir Ifaac Newton . Though it may be ...
Page 70
... Plutarch faith , was thought to be in regard to the world , what the foul is in re- gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane ...
... Plutarch faith , was thought to be in regard to the world , what the foul is in re- gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane ...
Page 77
... Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter . ¯ther by the ancient philofophers was used to fignify pro- mifcuously fometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguifhed two forts of air . Plato in the Tim¿us fpeaking ...
... Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter . ¯ther by the ancient philofophers was used to fignify pro- mifcuously fometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguifhed two forts of air . Plato in the Tim¿us fpeaking ...
Page 128
... Plutarch , was the first , pure , unmixed and holy principle , not difcer- nible by the lower faculties ; a glympfe whereof like lightening darting forth , irradiates the under- ftanding ; with regard to which Plutarch adds , that Plato ...
... Plutarch , was the first , pure , unmixed and holy principle , not difcer- nible by the lower faculties ; a glympfe whereof like lightening darting forth , irradiates the under- ftanding ; with regard to which Plutarch adds , that Plato ...
Page 131
... Plutarch , plainly fhew that those antient philofophers did not mean by fate a blind , head - long , unintelligent principle , but an orderly fettled courfe of things conducted by a wife and provident mind . And as for the Egyptian doc ...
... Plutarch , plainly fhew that those antient philofophers did not mean by fate a blind , head - long , unintelligent principle , but an orderly fettled courfe of things conducted by a wife and provident mind . And as for the Egyptian doc ...
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