Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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The spirit itself is by fome supposed to be an oil highly subtilized , so as to mix
with water . But such volatile oil is not the spirit , but only it's vehicle . Since
aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fmell and cafte ,
which fly ...
The spirit itself is by fome supposed to be an oil highly subtilized , so as to mix
with water . But such volatile oil is not the spirit , but only it's vehicle . Since
aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fmell and cafte ,
which fly ...
Page 76
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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to be immediately united , or on which he supposed it immediately to act . 171.
The Platonists held their intellect resided in foul , and soul in an ¿thereal vehicle
. And that as the foul was a middle nature reconciling intellect with ¿ther ; fo ...
to be immediately united , or on which he supposed it immediately to act . 171.
The Platonists held their intellect resided in foul , and soul in an ¿thereal vehicle
. And that as the foul was a middle nature reconciling intellect with ¿ther ; fo ...
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And in the Chaldaic oracles , all things are supposed to be governed by a rûg .
vosgov or intellectual fire . And in the same oracles , the creative mind is said to
be cloathed with fre , Εσσάμενος πυρί πύρ , which oriental reduplication of the
word ...
And in the Chaldaic oracles , all things are supposed to be governed by a rûg .
vosgov or intellectual fire . And in the same oracles , the creative mind is said to
be cloathed with fre , Εσσάμενος πυρί πύρ , which oriental reduplication of the
word ...
Page 97
Besides , we may suppose the particles of light to be indefinitely small , that is , as
small as we please , and their ... and ships failing from each port to every other ;
the larger the sea , and the smaller the vessels are supposed , the less danger ...
Besides , we may suppose the particles of light to be indefinitely small , that is , as
small as we please , and their ... and ships failing from each port to every other ;
the larger the sea , and the smaller the vessels are supposed , the less danger ...
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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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