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It is one thing to arrive at general laws of nature from a contemplation of the
ph¿nomena ; and another to frame an hypothesis , and from thence deduce the
ph¿nomena . Those who supposed epicycles , and by them explained the
motions ...
It is one thing to arrive at general laws of nature from a contemplation of the
ph¿nomena ; and another to frame an hypothesis , and from thence deduce the
ph¿nomena . Those who supposed epicycles , and by them explained the
motions ...
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All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an uniform
working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But the
particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we concerned at
all ...
All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an uniform
working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But the
particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we concerned at
all ...
Page 112
These , and numberless other effects seem inexplicable on mechanical
principles , or otherwise than by recourse to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . Nor
will it suffice from present ph¿nomena and effects , through a chain of natural
causes , and ...
These , and numberless other effects seem inexplicable on mechanical
principles , or otherwise than by recourse to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . Nor
will it suffice from present ph¿nomena and effects , through a chain of natural
causes , and ...
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Attraction cannot produce , and in that fense account for the ph¿nomena , being
it self one of the ph¿nomena produced and to be accounted for ( n ) . Attraction is
performed by different laws , and cannot therefore in all cases be the effect of ...
Attraction cannot produce , and in that fense account for the ph¿nomena , being
it self one of the ph¿nomena produced and to be accounted for ( n ) . Attraction is
performed by different laws , and cannot therefore in all cases be the effect of ...
Page 120
one another , as well as on the particles of light , for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by fome other agent , wherein the force exists
and not in ...
one another , as well as on the particles of light , for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by fome other agent , wherein the force exists
and not in ...
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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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