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 76
The Stoics also taught , that all substance was originally fire , and should return to
fire : that an active subtile fire was diffused or expanded throughout the whole
universe ; the feveral parts whereof were produced , sustained , and held
together ...
The Stoics also taught , that all substance was originally fire , and should return to
fire : that an active subtile fire was diffused or expanded throughout the whole
universe ; the feveral parts whereof were produced , sustained , and held
together ...
Page 131
This opinion was also so general and current among the Greeks , that Plutarch
afferts all others held the world to be an animal , and governed by providence ,
except Leucippus , Democritus , and Epicurus . And although an animal , contain(
c ) ...
This opinion was also so general and current among the Greeks , that Plutarch
afferts all others held the world to be an animal , and governed by providence ,
except Leucippus , Democritus , and Epicurus . And although an animal , contain(
c ) ...
Page 134
... and as a city is held together by concord , the cause wherecf is law ; even to
the world is held together by harmony , the cause whereof is God . And in this
sense , the world or universe may be considered either as one animal ( f ) or one
city .
... and as a city is held together by concord , the cause wherecf is law ; even to
the world is held together by harmony , the cause whereof is God . And in this
sense , the world or universe may be considered either as one animal ( f ) or one
city .
Page 148
That philosopher held that the mind of man was a tabula rafa , and that there
were no innate ideas . Plato , on the contrary , held original ideas in the mind ,
that is , notions which never were or can be in the sense , such as being , beauty
...
That philosopher held that the mind of man was a tabula rafa , and that there
were no innate ideas . Plato , on the contrary , held original ideas in the mind ,
that is , notions which never were or can be in the sense , such as being , beauty
...
Page 155
If Plutarch is to be trusted in his account of the opinions of philosophers , Thales
held the mind of the world to be God : Democritus held the soul of the world to be
an igniform deity ( £ ) : Pythagoras taught that : God was the monad and the ...
If Plutarch is to be trusted in his account of the opinions of philosophers , Thales
held the mind of the world to be God : Democritus held the soul of the world to be
an igniform deity ( £ ) : Pythagoras taught that : God was the monad and the ...
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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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