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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Bodies are moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to
different laws . The natural or mechanic philosopher endeavours to discover
those laws by experiment and reasoning . But what is said of forces residing in
bodies ...
Bodies are moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to
different laws . The natural or mechanic philosopher endeavours to discover
those laws by experiment and reasoning . But what is said of forces residing in
bodies ...
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are moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we
behold vulgar falt not to flow ... A drop of water assumes a round figure , because
it ' s parts are moved towards each other . But the particles of oil and vinegar
have ...
are moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we
behold vulgar falt not to flow ... A drop of water assumes a round figure , because
it ' s parts are moved towards each other . But the particles of oil and vinegar
have ...
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In all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according
to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237 . So likewise , how
to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and elasticity ...
In all this we know or understand no more , than that bodies are moved according
to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237 . So likewise , how
to explain all those various motions and effects , by the density and elasticity ...
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The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it ... other active intelligence , the same
perhaps which governs bees and spiders , and moves the limbs of those who
walk in ...
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it ... other active intelligence , the same
perhaps which governs bees and spiders , and moves the limbs of those who
walk in ...
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Which two ( if they are two ) although invisible and inconceivably small , yet seem
the real latent springs , whereby all the parts of this visible worldare moved ;
albeit they are not to be regarded as a true cause , but only an instrument of
motion ...
Which two ( if they are two ) although invisible and inconceivably small , yet seem
the real latent springs , whereby all the parts of this visible worldare moved ;
albeit they are not to be regarded as a true cause , but only an instrument of
motion ...
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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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