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The first he considers as a principle or cause , not that which apó peareth to
sense as a passion or accident existing in a ... And Heraclitus is thought by some
to have drawn his principles from Orpheus , as Or . pheus did from the ¯gyptians
; or ...
The first he considers as a principle or cause , not that which apó peareth to
sense as a passion or accident existing in a ... And Heraclitus is thought by some
to have drawn his principles from Orpheus , as Or . pheus did from the ¯gyptians
; or ...
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That this principle of sulphur , fire , or the substance of light , is in it self
imperceptible , and only becomes sensible as it is joined with some other ... and
cement to combine and hold the principles together , and give form to the mixed
bodies .
That this principle of sulphur , fire , or the substance of light , is in it self
imperceptible , and only becomes sensible as it is joined with some other ... and
cement to combine and hold the principles together , and give form to the mixed
bodies .
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It passeth with many , I know not how , that mechanical principles give a clear
solution of the ph¿nomena . The Democritic hypothesis , faith doctor Cudworth ,
doth much more handsomely and intelligibly solve the ph¿nomena , than that of
...
It passeth with many , I know not how , that mechanical principles give a clear
solution of the ph¿nomena . The Democritic hypothesis , faith doctor Cudworth ,
doth much more handsomely and intelligibly solve the ph¿nomena , than that of
...
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The one placed body first in the order of beings , and made the faculty of thinking
depend thereupon , supposing that the principles of all things are corporeal : that
body most really or principally exists , and all other things in a secondary sense ...
The one placed body first in the order of beings , and made the faculty of thinking
depend thereupon , supposing that the principles of all things are corporeal : that
body most really or principally exists , and all other things in a secondary sense ...
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guished from the ' anima mundi , than as life is from foul , and , upon the
principles of the oldest philosophers , may not improperly or incongruously be
styled the life of the world . Some Platonics indeed , regard life as the act of
nature , in like ...
guished from the ' anima mundi , than as life is from foul , and , upon the
principles of the oldest philosophers , may not improperly or incongruously be
styled the life of the world . Some Platonics indeed , regard life as the act of
nature , in like ...
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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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