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 76
... Timæus of Plato , there is fuppo fed fomething like a net of fire , and rays of fire in a human body . Doth not this feem to mean the animal fpirit , flowing , or rather darting thro the nerves ? 167. According to the Peripatetics , the ...
... Timæus of Plato , there is fuppo fed fomething like a net of fire , and rays of fire in a human body . Doth not this feem to mean the animal fpirit , flowing , or rather darting thro the nerves ? 167. According to the Peripatetics , the ...
Page 77
... Timæus fpeaking of air faith there are two kinds , the one more fine and fubtile , called æther , the o ther more grofs and replete with vapours . This æther or purer medium feems to have been the air or principle , from which all ...
... Timæus fpeaking of air faith there are two kinds , the one more fine and fubtile , called æther , the o ther more grofs and replete with vapours . This æther or purer medium feems to have been the air or principle , from which all ...
Page 90
... Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which well fuits a compofition of light and mercury . 195. Fire or light mixeth with all bodies ( a ) , even with water ; witness the flashing lights in the fea ...
... Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which well fuits a compofition of light and mercury . 195. Fire or light mixeth with all bodies ( a ) , even with water ; witness the flashing lights in the fea ...
Page 97
... Timæus of Plato , that there is an occult fire or fpirit diffused throughout the 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 ...
... Timæus of Plato , that there is an occult fire or fpirit diffused throughout the 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 ...
Page 98
... Timæus enumerating the ignited juices , names wine in the firft place , and tar in the fecond . But wine is preffed from the grape , and fermented by human induftry . Therefore of all ignited juices purely natural , tar or refin muft in ...
... Timæus enumerating the ignited juices , names wine in the firft place , and tar in the fecond . But wine is preffed from the grape , and fermented by human induftry . Therefore of all ignited juices purely natural , tar or refin muft in ...
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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