Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the death of fire was a birth to air , and the death of air a birth to water . This opinion is alfo maintained by ( m ) 137 , 145 . Sir Sir Ifaac Newton , Though it may be ...
... Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the death of fire was a birth to air , and the death of air a birth to water . This opinion is alfo maintained by ( m ) 137 , 145 . Sir Sir Ifaac Newton , Though it may be ...
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... Plutarch faith , was thought to be in regard to the world , what the foul is in re- gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane ...
... Plutarch faith , was thought to be in regard to the world , what the foul is in re- gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane ...
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... Plutarch , Empedocles thought æther or heat to be Jupiter . Æther by the ancient philofophers was ufed to fignify pro- mifcuously fometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of air . Plato in the Timæus fpeaking ...
... Plutarch , Empedocles thought æther or heat to be Jupiter . Æther by the ancient philofophers was ufed to fignify pro- mifcuously fometimes fire and fometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of air . Plato in the Timæus fpeaking ...
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... Plutarch , was the firft , pure , unmixed and holy principle , not difcer- nible by the lower faculties ; a glympfe whereof like lightening darting forth , irradiates the under- ftanding ; with regard to which Plutarch adds , that Plato ...
... Plutarch , was the firft , pure , unmixed and holy principle , not difcer- nible by the lower faculties ; a glympfe whereof like lightening darting forth , irradiates the under- ftanding ; with regard to which Plutarch adds , that Plato ...
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... Plutarch , plainly fhew that those antient philofophers did not mean by fate a blind , head - long , unintelligent principle , but an orderly fettled course of things conducted by a wife and provident mind . And as for the Ægyptian doc ...
... Plutarch , plainly fhew that those antient philofophers did not mean by fate a blind , head - long , unintelligent principle , but an orderly fettled course of things conducted by a wife and provident mind . And as for the Ægyptian doc ...
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