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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There is therefore a constancy in things , which is styled the course of nature ( a )
. All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an
uniform working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But
the ...
There is therefore a constancy in things , which is styled the course of nature ( a )
. All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an
uniform working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But
the ...
Page 115
And again , in the same treatise , two carpenters , faith he , saw a piece of timber ;
one draws , the other pushes ; these two actions tend to one and the fame end ,
though in a contrary direction , one up , the other down : This imitates the nature ...
And again , in the same treatise , two carpenters , faith he , saw a piece of timber ;
one draws , the other pushes ; these two actions tend to one and the fame end ,
though in a contrary direction , one up , the other down : This imitates the nature ...
Page 120
one another , as well as on the particles of light ; for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature ? But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by some other agent , wherein the force
exists and not ...
one another , as well as on the particles of light ; for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature ? But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by some other agent , wherein the force
exists and not ...
Page 122
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the courfe of nature
, is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted that neither will
understands , nor intellect wills . Therefore , the ph¿nomena of nature , which ...
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the courfe of nature
, is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted that neither will
understands , nor intellect wills . Therefore , the ph¿nomena of nature , which ...
Page 132
Jamblichus declares the world to be one animal , in which the parts however
distant each from other , are nevertheless related and connected by one common
nature . And he teacheth , what is also a received notion of the Pythagoreans and
...
Jamblichus declares the world to be one animal , in which the parts however
distant each from other , are nevertheless related and connected by one common
nature . And he teacheth , what is also a received notion of the Pythagoreans and
...
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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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