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If air be the immediate agent or inftrument in natural things , it is the pure invisible
fire that is the first natural móver or spring , from whence the air derives it ' s
power ( a ) . This mighty agent is every where at hand , ready to break forth into ...
If air be the immediate agent or inftrument in natural things , it is the pure invisible
fire that is the first natural móver or spring , from whence the air derives it ' s
power ( a ) . This mighty agent is every where at hand , ready to break forth into ...
Page 71
We have no proof either from experiment or teason , of any other agent or
efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of corporeal agents
or corporeal causes , this is to be underftood in a different , subordinate , and
improper ...
We have no proof either from experiment or teason , of any other agent or
efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of corporeal agents
or corporeal causes , this is to be underftood in a different , subordinate , and
improper ...
Page 102
Force or power , strickly speaking , is in the agent alone who imparts an
equivocal force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world ,
and this to the ignited body or visible fame , which produceth the sense of light
and heat .
Force or power , strickly speaking , is in the agent alone who imparts an
equivocal force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world ,
and this to the ignited body or visible fame , which produceth the sense of light
and heat .
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... other effects seem inexplicable on mechanical principles , or otherwise than by
recourse to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . ... ph¿nomena and effects , through a
chain of natural causes , and subordinate blind agents , to trace a divine intellect
...
... other effects seem inexplicable on mechanical principles , or otherwise than by
recourse to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . ... ph¿nomena and effects , through a
chain of natural causes , and subordinate blind agents , to trace a divine intellect
...
Page 118
In strict truth all agents are incorporeal , and as such are not properly of physical
consideration . ... in his tract concerning the quantity of the Soul ; and without
force there is nothing done or made , and consequently there can be no agent .
In strict truth all agents are incorporeal , and as such are not properly of physical
consideration . ... in his tract concerning the quantity of the Soul ; and without
force there is nothing done or made , and consequently there can be no agent .
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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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