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 |
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... quickening the circulation of the Auids without wounding the solids , thereby
gently removing or preventing those obstructions , which are the great and
general cause of most chronical diseases ; in this manner answering to the
antihyfterics ...
... quickening the circulation of the Auids without wounding the solids , thereby
gently removing or preventing those obstructions , which are the great and
general cause of most chronical diseases ; in this manner answering to the
antihyfterics ...
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Hence a fermenting heat , the immediate cause of the gout . The curing this by
cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent cause , must be a
vain attempt . On the other hand , spices and spirituous liquors , while they
contribute ...
Hence a fermenting heat , the immediate cause of the gout . The curing this by
cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent cause , must be a
vain attempt . On the other hand , spices and spirituous liquors , while they
contribute ...
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And that the inferior inftrumental cause is pure ¿ther , fire , or the substance of
light ( c ) which is applied and determined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm
or universe , with unlimited power , and according to stated rules ; as it is in the ...
And that the inferior inftrumental cause is pure ¿ther , fire , or the substance of
light ( c ) which is applied and determined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm
or universe , with unlimited power , and according to stated rules ; as it is in the ...
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Without instrumental and second causes , there could be no regular course of
nature . And without a ... In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs
: but the animal spirit is fupa posed the immediate physical cause of their motion .
Without instrumental and second causes , there could be no regular course of
nature . And without a ... In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs
: but the animal spirit is fupa posed the immediate physical cause of their motion .
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... infinite aggregate of things , by a mutual communion of actions and passions ,
and an adjustment of parts , causing all ... with Ocellus Lucanus the Pythagorean
, that as life holds together the bodies of animals , the cause whereof is the soul ...
... infinite aggregate of things , by a mutual communion of actions and passions ,
and an adjustment of parts , causing all ... with Ocellus Lucanus the Pythagorean
, that as life holds together the bodies of animals , the cause whereof is the soul ...
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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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