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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... fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which ...
... fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which ...
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... fpace , it is obferved in the Afclepian dialogue , that the word Space or Place hath by it felf no meaning ; and again , that it is impoffible to understand what fpace alone or pure fpace is . And Plotinus ac- knowledgeth no place but ...
... fpace , it is obferved in the Afclepian dialogue , that the word Space or Place hath by it felf no meaning ; and again , that it is impoffible to understand what fpace alone or pure fpace is . And Plotinus ac- knowledgeth no place but ...
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... ( f ) , it cannot be itself the principle of motion , but leads us na- turally and neceffarily to an incorporeal spirit or agent . We are confcious that a fpirit can begin , al- ter , or determine motion , but nothing of this ap- pears in ...
... ( f ) , it cannot be itself the principle of motion , but leads us na- turally and neceffarily to an incorporeal spirit or agent . We are confcious that a fpirit can begin , al- ter , or determine motion , but nothing of this ap- pears in ...
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... ( f ) he alfo obferves is μετ ' αναιθησίας ἁπλὸν , that is to be felt as darkness is seen , or filence heard , being a mere privation . 319. If any one should think to infer the reality or actual being of matter from the modern tenet ...
... ( f ) he alfo obferves is μετ ' αναιθησίας ἁπλὸν , that is to be felt as darkness is seen , or filence heard , being a mere privation . 319. If any one should think to infer the reality or actual being of matter from the modern tenet ...
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... fpace , and fate , 270-3 Of the anima mundi of Plato , 276-84 . 322 What meant by the Egyptian Ifis and Ofiris , 268.299 Plato's and Ariftotle's threefold diftinction of objects , 306—7 Their opinion of ideas being in- nate , or not ...
... fpace , and fate , 270-3 Of the anima mundi of Plato , 276-84 . 322 What meant by the Egyptian Ifis and Ofiris , 268.299 Plato's and Ariftotle's threefold diftinction of objects , 306—7 Their opinion of ideas being in- nate , or not ...
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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