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owned , the chief philosophers and wise men of antiquity , how much soever they
attributed to second causes and the force of fire , yet they supposed a mind or
intellect always resident therein , active or provident , restraining it ' s force and ...
owned , the chief philosophers and wise men of antiquity , how much soever they
attributed to second causes and the force of fire , yet they supposed a mind or
intellect always resident therein , active or provident , restraining it ' s force and ...
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... to work it ' s principal effect by affifting the vis vit¿ , as an alterative and cordial ,
enabling nature by an acCession of congenial spirit , to assimilate that which
could not be assimulated by her proper force , and so to subdue the fomes morbi
.
... to work it ' s principal effect by affifting the vis vit¿ , as an alterative and cordial ,
enabling nature by an acCession of congenial spirit , to assimilate that which
could not be assimulated by her proper force , and so to subdue the fomes morbi
.
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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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On the other hand , if force be considered as prescinded from gravity and matter ,
and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an abstract
fpiritual incor . poreal force ? · 226 . It doth not seem néceffary from the ...
On the other hand , if force be considered as prescinded from gravity and matter ,
and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an abstract
fpiritual incor . poreal force ? · 226 . It doth not seem néceffary from the ...
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Neither doth it feem , as is supposed by the greatest of mechanical philosophers ,
that the true way of proceeding in their science is , from known motions in nature
to investigate the moving forces . Forasmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor ...
Neither doth it feem , as is supposed by the greatest of mechanical philosophers ,
that the true way of proceeding in their science is , from known motions in nature
to investigate the moving forces . Forasmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor ...
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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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