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... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regard- ing mercury as the mother , and fulphur as the fa- ther of metals ; and Plato himfelf in his Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which ...
... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regard- ing mercury as the mother , and fulphur as the fa- ther of metals ; and Plato himfelf in his Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a fhining yellow light , which ...
Page 96
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefaction , and colli- fion that it can be mixed with other bodies , en- ter their ...
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condensation , rarefaction , and colli- fion that it can be mixed with other bodies , en- ter their ...
Page 97
... the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N 4 . parts . parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( .97 . )
... the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N 4 . parts . parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( .97 . )
Page 120
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob tains in the univerfe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob tains in the univerfe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
Page 129
... the place of the foul , faith he , is not body , but foul is in mind , and body in foul . See the third chapter of the fifth book of the fifth Ennead . 271. Concerning abfolute fpace , that phantome of the mechanic R 271 . ( 129 )
... the place of the foul , faith he , is not body , but foul is in mind , and body in foul . See the third chapter of the fifth book of the fifth Ennead . 271. Concerning abfolute fpace , that phantome of the mechanic R 271 . ( 129 )
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