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... juices through sloth and indolence ; whose membranes are irritated by
pungent salts , whose mind is agitated by painful oscillations of the nervous 16 )
system , and whose nerves are mutually affected by the irregular passions of his
mind .
... juices through sloth and indolence ; whose membranes are irritated by
pungent salts , whose mind is agitated by painful oscillations of the nervous 16 )
system , and whose nerves are mutually affected by the irregular passions of his
mind .
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In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
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All those notions , whether in animal bodies or in other parts of the system of
nature , which are not effects of parricular wills , seem to spring from the same
general cause with the vegetation of plants , an ¿therial spirit actuated by a mind
.
All those notions , whether in animal bodies or in other parts of the system of
nature , which are not effects of parricular wills , seem to spring from the same
general cause with the vegetation of plants , an ¿therial spirit actuated by a mind
.
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... parts of this mundane system . By virtue of this life the great masses are held
together in their orderly courses , as well as the minutest particles governed in
their natural motions , according to the several laws of attraction , gravity ,
electricity ...
... parts of this mundane system . By virtue of this life the great masses are held
together in their orderly courses , as well as the minutest particles governed in
their natural motions , according to the several laws of attraction , gravity ,
electricity ...
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What other nature there should be intermediate between the soul of the world ( b
) and this gross corporeal system , which might be the vehicle of life , or , to use
the language of philosophers , might receive or be impressed with the forms of ...
What other nature there should be intermediate between the soul of the world ( b
) and this gross corporeal system , which might be the vehicle of life , or , to use
the language of philosophers , might receive or be impressed with the forms of ...
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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 |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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