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 71
... mechanical being , this is not to be taken in a true , genuine , and real , but only in a grofs and popular fense , which sticks in appearances , and doth not analyse things to their first principles . In compliance with efta- blished ...
... mechanical being , this is not to be taken in a true , genuine , and real , but only in a grofs and popular fense , which sticks in appearances , and doth not analyse things to their first principles . In compliance with efta- blished ...
Page 72
... mechanical agent , not as a primary real efficient ? 157. This pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in ...
... mechanical agent , not as a primary real efficient ? 157. This pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in ...
Page 73
... mechanical , or fecond caufes , or natural causes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- pofed the ...
... mechanical , or fecond caufes , or natural causes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- pofed the ...
Page 108
... mechanical confideration . Certain- ly , if the explaining a phænomenon be to af- fign its proper efficient and final caufe ( a ) , it fhould feem the mechanical philofophers never explained any thing ; their province being only to ...
... mechanical confideration . Certain- ly , if the explaining a phænomenon be to af- fign its proper efficient and final caufe ( a ) , it fhould feem the mechanical philofophers never explained any thing ; their province being only to ...
Page 109
... mechanical ; and that nothing could be more vain and imaginary , than to fuppofe with Defcartes , that merely from a cir- cular motion's being impreffed by the fupreme agent on the particles of extended substance , the whole world with ...
... mechanical ; and that nothing could be more vain and imaginary , than to fuppofe with Defcartes , that merely from a cir- cular motion's being impreffed by the fupreme agent on the particles of extended substance , the whole world with ...
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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