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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Page 121
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can
interpret or tell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive
indeed sounds by hearing , and characters by sight : but we are not therefore
said to ...
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can
interpret or tell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive
indeed sounds by hearing , and characters by sight : but we are not therefore
said to ...
Page 149
To understand and to be , are according to Parmenides the fame thing . And
Plato in his seventh letter makes no difference between vgs and trusóun , mind
and knowledge . Whence it follows , that mind , knowledge , and notions , either
in ...
To understand and to be , are according to Parmenides the fame thing . And
Plato in his seventh letter makes no difference between vgs and trusóun , mind
and knowledge . Whence it follows , that mind , knowledge , and notions , either
in ...
Page 155
Varro , Tully , and St. Augustin understand the foul to be vis , the power , or force
that acts , moves , enlivens . Now although , in our conception , vis , or spirit might
be distinguished from mind , it would not thence follow , that it acts blindly or ...
Varro , Tully , and St. Augustin understand the foul to be vis , the power , or force
that acts , moves , enlivens . Now although , in our conception , vis , or spirit might
be distinguished from mind , it would not thence follow , that it acts blindly or ...
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... teacheth on the other hand , that the contemplation of God is the proper means
to know or understand our own soul . ... soul beholds and understands her self ,
while she contemplates the Deity which is wisdom and vertue or like thereunto .
... teacheth on the other hand , that the contemplation of God is the proper means
to know or understand our own soul . ... soul beholds and understands her self ,
while she contemplates the Deity which is wisdom and vertue or like thereunto .
Page 162
By entia they understand things remote from sense , invisible and intellectual ,
which never changing are still the same , and may therefore be faid truly to exist :
óvoid , which is generally transated substance , but more properly effence , was ...
By entia they understand things remote from sense , invisible and intellectual ,
which never changing are still the same , and may therefore be faid truly to exist :
óvoid , which is generally transated substance , but more properly effence , was ...
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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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