Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, 5. köideDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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light ; which at the fame time that it heats, doth. -wondersully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere, like the effluvia of animal bodies.
And though the leaves are supposed to perform principally the office of lungs, ...
light ; which at the fame time that it heats, doth. -wondersully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere, like the effluvia of animal bodies.
And though the leaves are supposed to perform principally the office of lungs, ...
Page 66
Nor doth all air suffice, there being some quality or ingredient, of which when air
is deprived, it becometh unfit to maintain either lise or flame. And this even
though the air fliould retain it's elasticity ; which, by the bye, is an argument that
air doth ...
Nor doth all air suffice, there being some quality or ingredient, of which when air
is deprived, it becometh unfit to maintain either lise or flame. And this even
though the air fliould retain it's elasticity ; which, by the bye, is an argument that
air doth ...
Page 71
There is not any proof that an extended corporeal or mechanical cause doth
really and properly act, even motion itself being in truth a passion. Therefore
though we speak of this fiery substance as acting, yet it is to be understood only
as a ...
There is not any proof that an extended corporeal or mechanical cause doth
really and properly act, even motion itself being in truth a passion. Therefore
though we speak of this fiery substance as acting, yet it is to be understood only
as a ...
Page 84
It doth not seem that their prostrations before the perpetual fires, preserved with
great care in their Pyreia, or fire temples, were merely a civil respect, as Dr. Hyde
would have it thought. Although he brings good proof that they do not invoke the
...
It doth not seem that their prostrations before the perpetual fires, preserved with
great care in their Pyreia, or fire temples, were merely a civil respect, as Dr. Hyde
would have it thought. Although he brings good proof that they do not invoke the
...
Page 121
Plotinus indeed faith, that which acts naturally is not intellection, but a certain
power of moving matter, which doth not know, but only do. And it must browned,
that, as faculties are multiplied by philosophers according to their operations, the
will ...
Plotinus indeed faith, that which acts naturally is not intellection, but a certain
power of moving matter, which doth not know, but only do. And it must browned,
that, as faculties are multiplied by philosophers according to their operations, the
will ...
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| Title | Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, 5. köide Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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