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 32
... Plato's Timæus that vomits and purges are the worst exercise in the world . There is fomething in the mild operation of tar - water , that seems more friendly to the economy , and forwards the digeftions and fecretions in a way more ...
... Plato's Timæus that vomits and purges are the worst exercise in the world . There is fomething in the mild operation of tar - water , that seems more friendly to the economy , and forwards the digeftions and fecretions in a way more ...
Page 76
... Plato , there is fuppo- fed fomething like a net of fire , and rays of fire in a human body . Doth not this feem to mean the animal fpirit , flowing , or rather darting thro ? the nerves ? 167. According to the Peripatetics , the form ...
... Plato , there is fuppo- fed fomething like a net of fire , and rays of fire in a human body . Doth not this feem to mean the animal fpirit , flowing , or rather darting thro ? the nerves ? 167. According to the Peripatetics , the form ...
Page 77
... Plato in the Timæus fpeaking of air , faith there are two kinds , the one more fine and fubtile , called æther ; the o- ther more grofs and replete with vapours . This æther or purer medium , seems to have been the air or principle ...
... Plato in the Timæus fpeaking of air , faith there are two kinds , the one more fine and fubtile , called æther ; the o- ther more grofs and replete with vapours . This æther or purer medium , seems to have been the air or principle ...
Page 78
... according to the followers of Plato and Pythagoras cleansed the foul , -purumque reliquit Æthereum fenfum atque auraï fimplicis ignem . ( d ) 152 , 154 . This This tunicle of the foul's whether it be called pure ( 78 )
... according to the followers of Plato and Pythagoras cleansed the foul , -purumque reliquit Æthereum fenfum atque auraï fimplicis ignem . ( d ) 152 , 154 . This This tunicle of the foul's whether it be called pure ( 78 )
Page 79
... Plato fpeaketh of the mind or foul , as a driver that guides and governs a chariot , which is , not unfitly , styled avyodis , a luciform æthereal ve- hicle , or xua , terms expreffive of the purity , lightness , fubtilty and mobility ...
... Plato fpeaketh of the mind or foul , as a driver that guides and governs a chariot , which is , not unfitly , styled avyodis , a luciform æthereal ve- hicle , or xua , terms expreffive of the purity , lightness , fubtilty and mobility ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute diffolved diftempers diftinct diſorders diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft firſt folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent principle produce produceth pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe