Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... universe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the first natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh- ty agent is every where at ...
... universe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the first natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh- ty agent is every where at ...
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... universe . 168. If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought æther or heat to be Jupiter . Æther by the ancient philofophers was used to fignify pro- mifcuously sometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of ...
... universe . 168. If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought æther or heat to be Jupiter . Æther by the ancient philofophers was used to fignify pro- mifcuously sometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of ...
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... universe , intimates that this fame occult invifible fire or light is , as it were , the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N ...
... universe , intimates that this fame occult invifible fire or light is , as it were , the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N ...
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... universe by it's vigo- rous and expanfive motion . 211. If we may believe Diogenes Laertius , the Pythagorean philofophers thought there was a certain pure heat or fire , which had fomewhat di- vine in it , by the participation whereof ...
... universe by it's vigo- rous and expanfive motion . 211. If we may believe Diogenes Laertius , the Pythagorean philofophers thought there was a certain pure heat or fire , which had fomewhat di- vine in it , by the participation whereof ...
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... universe ( a ) . Which , though prefent to all things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed , attracted , and fecreted by the fine capillaries , and exquisite strainers in the bodies of plants and ani ...
... universe ( a ) . Which , though prefent to all things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed , attracted , and fecreted by the fine capillaries , and exquisite strainers in the bodies of plants and ani ...
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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