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 90
... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regarding mercury as the mother , and ful- phur as the father of metals ; and Plato himself in his Tim¿us defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which ...
... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regarding mercury as the mother , and ful- phur as the father of metals ; and Plato himself in his Tim¿us defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which ...
Page 96
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , and that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefaction , and collifion that it can be mixed with other bodies , enter their ...
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , and that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefaction , and collifion that it can be mixed with other bodies , enter their ...
Page 97
... 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 parts . parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( 97 )
... 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 parts . parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( 97 )
Page 120
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the univerfe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the univerfe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
Page 153
... Ennead , obferves that heat and other qualities are not qualities in the things themselves , but acts : that heat is not a quality , but act , in the fire : that fire is not really what we perceive in the qualities light , heat , and ...
... Ennead , obferves that heat and other qualities are not qualities in the things themselves , but acts : that heat is not a quality , but act , in the fire : that fire is not really what we perceive in the qualities light , heat , and ...
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