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ther cause diftinct from matter , from atoms , and confeqäently , from that
homogeneous ¿ther or elastic Auid . The elasticity of which fluid is fup . posed to
depend upon , to be defined and measured by it ' s density , and this by the
quantity of ...
ther cause diftinct from matter , from atoms , and confeqäently , from that
homogeneous ¿ther or elastic Auid . The elasticity of which fluid is fup . posed to
depend upon , to be defined and measured by it ' s density , and this by the
quantity of ...
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... so remote from , and even so repugnant to , the first prejudices which surprize
the sense of mankind , that they may well be excluded from vulgar speech and
books , as abstract from sensible matters , and more fit for the fpeculation of Truth
...
... so remote from , and even so repugnant to , the first prejudices which surprize
the sense of mankind , that they may well be excluded from vulgar speech and
books , as abstract from sensible matters , and more fit for the fpeculation of Truth
...
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The third kind is matter which , as Plato ' teacheth , being neither an object of
understanding nor of sense , is hardly to be made out by a certain spurious way
of reasoning noyoouw true vol w póyış wisón . See his Tim¿us . The same
doctrine ...
The third kind is matter which , as Plato ' teacheth , being neither an object of
understanding nor of sense , is hardly to be made out by a certain spurious way
of reasoning noyoouw true vol w póyış wisón . See his Tim¿us . The same
doctrine ...
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Neither Plato nor Aristotle by matter ; Day , understood corporeal substance ,
whatever the moderns may understand by that word . To them certainly it
signified no positive actual being . Aristotle describes it as made up of negatives ,
having ...
Neither Plato nor Aristotle by matter ; Day , understood corporeal substance ,
whatever the moderns may understand by that word . To them certainly it
signified no positive actual being . Aristotle describes it as made up of negatives ,
having ...
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But Anaximander , successor to Thales , is represented as having thought the
supreme Deity to be infinite matter . Nevertheless though Plutarch calleth it matter
, yet it was simply to drugov , which means · no more than infinite or indefinite .
But Anaximander , successor to Thales , is represented as having thought the
supreme Deity to be infinite matter . Nevertheless though Plutarch calleth it matter
, yet it was simply to drugov , which means · no more than infinite or indefinite .
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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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