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 77
... universe . 168. If we may credit 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 ...
... universe . 168. If we may credit 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 ...
Page 95
... universe , a pellucid and fhining na- ture pure and impaffive , the act of a pure intelli- gence . And Ficinus himself undertakes to prove , that light is incorporeal , by feveral arguments : Be cause it enlightens , and fills a great ...
... universe , a pellucid and fhining na- ture pure and impaffive , the act of a pure intelli- gence . And Ficinus himself undertakes to prove , that light is incorporeal , by feveral arguments : Be cause it enlightens , and fills a great ...
Page 102
... universe . Motion , and even power in an equivocal fenfe , may be found in this pure ¿the- real fpirit , which ignites bodies , but is not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth ...
... universe . Motion , and even power in an equivocal fenfe , may be found in this pure ¿the- real fpirit , which ignites bodies , but is not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth ...
Page 120
... denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the universe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions of the pla planets , or the effects of medicines , or the ( 120 )
... denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the universe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions of the pla planets , or the effects of medicines , or the ( 120 )
Page 125
... universe of things , we in this mortal state are like men educated in Plato's cave , looking on fha- dows with our backs turned to the light . But though our light be dim , and our fituation bad , yet if the beft ufe be made of both ...
... universe of things , we in this mortal state are like men educated in Plato's cave , looking on fha- dows with our backs turned to the light . But though our light be dim , and our fituation bad , yet if the beft ufe be made of both ...
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