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 71
... reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155. The principles ...
... reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155. The principles ...
Page 116
... reason ) to be of a very grofs kind , even greater than the pores of the burnt brimstone , in order to account for their being detained or imprisoned therein ; but this pha- nomenon is easily reduced to attraction . There would be no ...
... reason ) to be of a very grofs kind , even greater than the pores of the burnt brimstone , in order to account for their being detained or imprisoned therein ; but this pha- nomenon is easily reduced to attraction . There would be no ...
Page 118
... reason , as well as experience , concerning the origin of motion , and the refpective natures , properties , and differences of foul and body , and he ' will , if I mistake not , evidently perceive , that there is nothing active in the ...
... reason , as well as experience , concerning the origin of motion , and the refpective natures , properties , and differences of foul and body , and he ' will , if I mistake not , evidently perceive , that there is nothing active in the ...
Page 122
... reason cannot thoroughly comprehend even the leaft particle thereof ; fo far is it from feeming to be produced by fuddled or confounded reafon . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it ...
... reason cannot thoroughly comprehend even the leaft particle thereof ; fo far is it from feeming to be produced by fuddled or confounded reafon . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it ...
Page 130
... reason that runs through the whole nature of the univerfe ; which nature he fuppofed to be an ¿thereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed ...
... reason that runs through the whole nature of the univerfe ; which nature he fuppofed to be an ¿thereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe