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 59
... reason , by con- jecture , and by authority , to caft the best light I can on the obscure paths that lie in my way . 126. Sir Ifaac Newton , Boerhaave , and Hom- : berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine fubtile fubftance ...
... reason , by con- jecture , and by authority , to caft the best light I can on the obscure paths that lie in my way . 126. Sir Ifaac Newton , Boerhaave , and Hom- : berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine fubtile fubftance ...
Page 71
... reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor poreal agents or corporeal causes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155. The principles ...
... reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor poreal agents or corporeal causes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155. The principles ...
Page 107
... reasons or forms ( λógus oneguatine's ) of all natural things . As the forms of things have their ideal existence in the intellect , fo it fhould feem that feminal principles have their natural exiftence in the light ( b ) , a me- dium ...
... reasons or forms ( λógus oneguatine's ) of all natural things . As the forms of things have their ideal existence in the intellect , fo it fhould feem that feminal principles have their natural exiftence in the light ( b ) , a me- dium ...
Page 122
... reason . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it fuit with the order of things , the ftructure of the universe , or the ends of providence that they fhould be fo . General rules , we ...
... reason . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it fuit with the order of things , the ftructure of the universe , or the ends of providence that they fhould be fo . General rules , we ...
Page 142
... reason , op- preffed and overwhelmed , as we are , by the fenfes , through erroneous principles and long ambages of words and notions , to ftruggle upwards into the light of truth , yet as this gradually dawns , further difcoveries ...
... reason , op- preffed and overwhelmed , as we are , by the fenfes , through erroneous principles and long ambages of words and notions , to ftruggle upwards into the light of truth , yet as this gradually dawns , further difcoveries ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ