Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 68
... æthereal spirit is diminished by being imparted . It's velocity and fubtilty are alfo lefs from it's being mixed with groffer particles . Hence found moves flower than light , as mud than water . 148. Whether air be only freed and fixed ...
... æthereal spirit is diminished by being imparted . It's velocity and fubtilty are alfo lefs from it's being mixed with groffer particles . Hence found moves flower than light , as mud than water . 148. Whether air be only freed and fixed ...
Page 75
... æthereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a mixed state , the feeds , the natural causes and forms ( g ) of all fublunary things . The groffer bodies feparate , attract , and repel the feveral conftituent particles of that ...
... æthereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a mixed state , the feeds , the natural causes and forms ( g ) of all fublunary things . The groffer bodies feparate , attract , and repel the feveral conftituent particles of that ...
Page 76
... æthereal fubftance , contains the forms of all inferior beings ( e ) . It may be faid to teem with forms , and impart them to fubjects fitted to receive them . The vital force thereof in the Peripatetic fenfe is vital to all , but ...
... æthereal fubftance , contains the forms of all inferior beings ( e ) . It may be faid to teem with forms , and impart them to fubjects fitted to receive them . The vital force thereof in the Peripatetic fenfe is vital to all , but ...
Page 79
... æthereal vehicles , as mere jargon or words without a meaning . But they fhould have confidered , that all fpeech concerning the foul is altogether , or for the most part , metaphorical ; and that , agreeably thereunto , Plato fpeaketh ...
... æthereal vehicles , as mere jargon or words without a meaning . But they fhould have confidered , that all fpeech concerning the foul is altogether , or for the most part , metaphorical ; and that , agreeably thereunto , Plato fpeaketh ...
Page 82
... æthereal fubftance of light , that permeates and animates the whole fyftem , is fuppofed to cloath the foul ; which cloaths the mind of the uni- verfe . 179. The Magi likewife faid of God , that he had light for his body and truth for ...
... æthereal fubftance of light , that permeates and animates the whole fyftem , is fuppofed to cloath the foul ; which cloaths the mind of the uni- verfe . 179. The Magi likewife faid of God , that he had light for his body and truth for ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout 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 pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ