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 48
a discharge of fcorbutic salts by urine and by pera fpiration , the effect of which
last , though not fo sensible , may yet be greater than that of saliva . tion ;
especially if it be true , that in common life insensible perfpiration is to nutricion ,
and all ...
a discharge of fcorbutic salts by urine and by pera fpiration , the effect of which
last , though not fo sensible , may yet be greater than that of saliva . tion ;
especially if it be true , that in common life insensible perfpiration is to nutricion ,
and all ...
Page 71
There is not any proof that an extended corporeal or mechanical cause doth
really and properly act , even mor tion 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 mor tion 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 73
In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal spirit is
fupposed the immediate physical cause of their mom tion . So likewise in the
mundane fystem , a mind presides , but che immediate , mechanical , or
inItrumental ...
In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal spirit is
fupposed the immediate physical cause of their mom tion . So likewise in the
mundane fystem , a mind presides , but che immediate , mechanical , or
inItrumental ...
Page 96
But it is now well known , that light moves , and that it's motion is not
instantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefa & tion , and collision :
that it can be mixed with other bodies , enter their composition , and increase
their weight ( a ) .
But it is now well known , that light moves , and that it's motion is not
instantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefa & tion , and collision :
that it can be mixed with other bodies , enter their composition , and increase
their weight ( a ) .
Page 127
The Pythagoreans and Platonists had a no . tion of the true system of the world .
They allowed of mechanical principles , but actuated by soul or mind : they
distinguished the primary qualities in bodies from the secondary , making the
former to ...
The Pythagoreans and Platonists had a no . tion of the true system of the world .
They allowed of mechanical principles , but actuated by soul or mind : they
distinguished the primary qualities in bodies from the secondary , making the
former to ...
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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 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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