Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... mechanical being , this is not to be taken in a true , genuine , and real , but only in a grofs and popular fenfe , which sticks in appearances , and doth not analyfe things to their first principles . In compliance with efta- blished ...
... mechanical being , this is not to be taken in a true , genuine , and real , but only in a grofs and popular fenfe , which sticks in appearances , and doth not analyfe things to their first principles . In compliance with efta- blished ...
Page 72
... mechanical agent , not as a primary real efficient ? 157. This pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in ...
... mechanical agent , not as a primary real efficient ? 157. This pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in ...
Page 73
... mechanical , or fecond caufes , or natural caufes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- posed the ...
... mechanical , or fecond caufes , or natural caufes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- posed the ...
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... mechanical confideration , Certain- by , if the explaining a phænomenon be to af fign its proper efficient and final caufe ( a ) , it fhould feem the mechanical philofophers never explained any thing ; their province being only to ...
... mechanical confideration , Certain- by , if the explaining a phænomenon be to af fign its proper efficient and final caufe ( a ) , it fhould feem the mechanical philofophers never explained any thing ; their province being only to ...
Page 109
... mechanical ; and that nothing could be more vain and imaginary , than to fuppofe with Defcartes , that merely from a cir- cular motion's being impreffed by the fupreme agent on the particles of extended fubftance , the whole world with ...
... mechanical ; and that nothing could be more vain and imaginary , than to fuppofe with Defcartes , that merely from a cir- cular motion's being impreffed by the fupreme agent on the particles of extended fubftance , the whole world with ...
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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