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 80
Herein , faith he , refides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion ,
diminution , change , seep and waking . ... Isquór , appears to me « fomething
immortal , which understands all “ things , which fees and knows both what is pre
« fent ...
Herein , faith he , refides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion ,
diminution , change , seep and waking . ... Isquór , appears to me « fomething
immortal , which understands all “ things , which fees and knows both what is pre
« fent ...
Page 112
Ia all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according
to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewise , how
to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and elasti city ...
Ia all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according
to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewise , how
to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and elasti city ...
Page 121
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can
interpret or cell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive
indeed sounds by hearing , and charac . ters by light : but we are not therefore
said ...
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can
interpret or cell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive
indeed sounds by hearing , and charac . ters by light : but we are not therefore
said ...
Page 122
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the course of
nature , is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted thác
neither will understands , nor intellect wills . Therefore , the ph¿nomena of
nature , which ...
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the course of
nature , is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted thác
neither will understands , nor intellect wills . Therefore , the ph¿nomena of
nature , which ...
Page 123
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule mult proceed from something that understands the rule ; , therefore , if not
from the ...
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule mult proceed from something that understands the rule ; , therefore , if not
from the ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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