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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... fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which ...
... fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which ...
Page 129
... fpace , induced fome modern philofophers to con- clude it was a part or attribute of God , or that God himself was ... fpace alone or pure fpace is . And Plotinus ac- knowledgeth no place but foul or mind , exprefly affirming that the ...
... fpace , induced fome modern philofophers to con- clude it was a part or attribute of God , or that God himself was ... fpace alone or pure fpace is . And Plotinus ac- knowledgeth no place but foul or mind , exprefly affirming that the ...
Page 130
... fpace , that phantome of the mechanic and geometrical philofophers ( b ) , it may fuffice to obferve , that it is neither per- ceived by any fenfe , nor proved by any reafon , and was accordingly treated by the greatest of the ancients ...
... fpace , that phantome of the mechanic and geometrical philofophers ( b ) , it may fuffice to obferve , that it is neither per- ceived by any fenfe , nor proved by any reafon , and was accordingly treated by the greatest of the ancients ...
Page 140
... ( f ) , it cannot be itself the principle of motion , but leads us na- turally and neceffarily to an incorporeal spirit or agent . We are confcious that a fpirit can begin , al- ter , or determine motion , but nothing of this ap- pears in ...
... ( f ) , it cannot be itself the principle of motion , but leads us na- turally and neceffarily to an incorporeal spirit or agent . We are confcious that a fpirit can begin , al- ter , or determine motion , but nothing of this ap- pears in ...
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... fpace is real and infinitely extended ; yet if we confider that it is no intellec- tual notion , nor yet perceived ... ( f ) he also obferves is μετ ' αναιθησίας ἁπλὸν , that is to be felt as darkness is seen , or filence heard , being a ...
... fpace is real and infinitely extended ; yet if we confider that it is no intellec- tual notion , nor yet perceived ... ( f ) he also obferves is μετ ' αναιθησίας ἁπλὸν , that is to be felt as darkness is seen , or filence heard , being a ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe