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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 80
Herein , faith he , resides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , deep and waking . ... which understands all “ things , which sees and knows both what is pre“ fent , and what is to come . " 175.
Herein , faith he , resides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , deep and waking . ... which understands all “ things , which sees and knows both what is pre“ fent , and what is to come . " 175.
Page 112
In all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewise , how to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and ...
In all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewise , how to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and ...
Page 120
There is a certain analogy , conftancy , and uniformity in the ph¿nomena or appearances of nature , which are a foundation for general rules : and these are a grammar for the understanding of nature , or that series of effects in the ...
There is a certain analogy , conftancy , and uniformity in the ph¿nomena or appearances of nature , which are a foundation for general rules : and these are a grammar for the understanding of nature , or that series of effects in the ...
Page 121
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can interpret or tell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive indeed sounds by hearing , and characters by fight : but we are not ...
We know a thing when we understand it : and we understand it , when we can interpret or tell what it signifies . Strictly the sense knows nothing . We perceive indeed sounds by hearing , and characters by fight : but we are not ...
Page 122
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the course of nature , is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted that neither will understands , nor intellect wills .
But it will not therefore follow , that the will , which operates in the course of nature , is not conducted and applied by intellect , although it be granted that neither will understands , nor intellect wills .
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, 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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