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Agreeably thereto , an ¿thereal substance pr fire was supposed by Heraclitus to
be the feed of the generation of all things , or that from which all things drew their
original . The Stoics also taught , that all substance was originally fire , and ...
Agreeably thereto , an ¿thereal substance pr fire was supposed by Heraclitus to
be the feed of the generation of all things , or that from which all things drew their
original . The Stoics also taught , that all substance was originally fire , and ...
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mundo , supposeth a certain fifth effence , an ather real nature unchangeable
and impaffive ; and next in order a subtile , faming substance , lighted up , or set
on fire by that ¿thereal and divine nature , He supposeth , indeed , that God is in
...
mundo , supposeth a certain fifth effence , an ather real nature unchangeable
and impaffive ; and next in order a subtile , faming substance , lighted up , or set
on fire by that ¿thereal and divine nature , He supposeth , indeed , that God is in
...
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... who make tien , ¿ther , or heaven , the sovereign principle , or cause of all
things , and teach that the celestial virtue , by them called li , when joined to
corporeal substance , doth fashion , distinguish , and fpecificate all natural beings
.
... who make tien , ¿ther , or heaven , the sovereign principle , or cause of all
things , and teach that the celestial virtue , by them called li , when joined to
corporeal substance , doth fashion , distinguish , and fpecificate all natural beings
.
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Mr. Homberg the famous modern chemist , who brought that art to fo great
perfection , holds . the substance of light or fire to be the true chemic principal
fulphur ( a ) , and to extend it felf through out the whole univerfe . It is his opinion
that this ...
Mr. Homberg the famous modern chemist , who brought that art to fo great
perfection , holds . the substance of light or fire to be the true chemic principal
fulphur ( a ) , and to extend it felf through out the whole univerfe . It is his opinion
that this ...
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Neither Plato nor Aristotle by matter , úan , understood corporeal substance ,
whatever the moderns may understand by that . word . To them certainly it
signified no positive actual being . Aristotle describes it as made up of negatives ,
having ...
Neither Plato nor Aristotle by matter , úan , understood corporeal substance ,
whatever the moderns may understand by that . word . To them certainly it
signified no positive actual being . Aristotle describes it as made up of negatives ,
having ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Austria Rahvusraamatukogu |
| Digitized | 13 mai 2013 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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