Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... distinct from light or fire , feemeth not to be made out by any proof , nor to be of any use in explaining the phænomena . But if there be any medium em- ployed , as a fubordinate caufe or inftrument in attraction , it would rather feem ...
... distinct from light or fire , feemeth not to be made out by any proof , nor to be of any use in explaining the phænomena . But if there be any medium em- ployed , as a fubordinate caufe or inftrument in attraction , it would rather feem ...
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... distinct acts of intellection , reasoning , and fenfation , points wherein the Cartefians and their followers , who confider fenfation as a mode of thinking , feem to have failed . They knew there was a fubtil æther pervading the whole ...
... distinct acts of intellection , reasoning , and fenfation , points wherein the Cartefians and their followers , who confider fenfation as a mode of thinking , feem to have failed . They knew there was a fubtil æther pervading the whole ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit anſwer Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout greateſt groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refiding ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe