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Which intense living , or , if I may so say , lively life , is not more promoted by early
hours as a regimen , than by tar - water as a cordial ; which acts , not only as a
now medicine , buc hach also an immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the spirits
...
Which intense living , or , if I may so say , lively life , is not more promoted by early
hours as a regimen , than by tar - water as a cordial ; which acts , not only as a
now medicine , buc hach also an immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the spirits
...
Page 78
And it is very remarkable , that this fame element , so fierce and destructive ,
should yet be so variously tempered and applied , as to be withal the falutary
warmth , the genial , cherishing , and vital flame of all living creatures . It is not
therefore ...
And it is very remarkable , that this fame element , so fierce and destructive ,
should yet be so variously tempered and applied , as to be withal the falutary
warmth , the genial , cherishing , and vital flame of all living creatures . It is not
therefore ...
Page 99
The principles of motion and vegetation in living bodies seem to be delibations
from the invisible fire or spirit of the universe ( a ) . Which , though present to all
things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed ...
The principles of motion and vegetation in living bodies seem to be delibations
from the invisible fire or spirit of the universe ( a ) . Which , though present to all
things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed ...
Page 134
As the first intellect acts by understanding , so nature according to them acts or
generates by living . Buç life is the act of the soul , and seems to be very nature it
self , which is not the principle , but the result of another , and higher principle ...
As the first intellect acts by understanding , so nature according to them acts or
generates by living . Buç life is the act of the soul , and seems to be very nature it
self , which is not the principle , but the result of another , and higher principle ...
Page 135
losopher , in his books of the foul , remarks upon an opinion set forth in the
Orphics , of the foul ' s entering from the universe into living creatures bed ing
born by winds , that this cannot be true of plants or of certain animals which do
not breath ...
losopher , in his books of the foul , remarks upon an opinion set forth in the
Orphics , of the foul ' s entering from the universe into living creatures bed ing
born by winds , that this cannot be true of plants or of certain animals which do
not breath ...
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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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