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
... understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , fleep and waking . This is what governs all ... understands all " things , which fees and knows both what is pre- fent , and what is to come . " 175. This fame heat is ...
... understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , fleep and waking . This is what governs all ... understands all " things , which fees and knows both what is pre- fent , and what is to come . " 175. This fame heat is ...
Page 112
... understand no more , than that bodies are moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themfelves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther ...
... understand no more , than that bodies are moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themfelves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther ...
Page 120
... understanding of na ture , or that feries of effects in the vifible world ; whereby we are enabled to foresee what will come to pafs , in the natural course of things . Plotinus obferves , in his third Ennead , that the art of pre ...
... understanding of na ture , or that feries of effects in the vifible world ; whereby we are enabled to foresee what will come to pafs , in the natural course of things . Plotinus obferves , in his third Ennead , that the art of pre ...
Page 121
... understand it : and we understand it , when we can interpret or tell what it fignifies . Strictly the fenfe knows nothing . We perceive indeed founds by hearing , and charac ters by fight but we are not therefore faid to un- derstand ...
... understand it : and we understand it , when we can interpret or tell what it fignifies . Strictly the fenfe knows nothing . We perceive indeed founds by hearing , and charac ters by fight but we are not therefore faid to un- derstand ...
Page 122
... understands , nor intellect wills . There- fore , the ph¿nomena of nature , which ftrike on the fenfes and are understood by the mind , form not only a magnificent fpectacle , but also a most coherent , entertaining , and inftructive ...
... understands , nor intellect wills . There- fore , the ph¿nomena of nature , which ftrike on the fenfes and are understood by the mind , form not only a magnificent fpectacle , but also a most coherent , entertaining , and inftructive ...
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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