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Nature , faith the learned Doctor Cud . worth , is not master of art or wisdom :
Nature is ratio mersa & confufa , reason immersed and plung . ed into matter ,
and as it were fuddled in it and confounded with it . But the formation of plants
and ...
Nature , faith the learned Doctor Cud . worth , is not master of art or wisdom :
Nature is ratio mersa & confufa , reason immersed and plung . ed into matter ,
and as it were fuddled in it and confounded with it . But the formation of plants
and ...
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Thought , reason , intellect , introduce us into the knowledge of their causes .
Sensible appearances , though of a flowing , unstable , and uncertain nature , yet
having first accupied the mind , they do by an carly prevention , render the after
task ...
Thought , reason , intellect , introduce us into the knowledge of their causes .
Sensible appearances , though of a flowing , unstable , and uncertain nature , yet
having first accupied the mind , they do by an carly prevention , render the after
task ...
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Empedocles declared fate to be a cause using principles and elements .
Heraclitus taught that fate was the general reason that runs through the whole
nature of the universe ; which nature he supposed to be an ¿thereal body , the
feed of the ...
Empedocles declared fate to be a cause using principles and elements .
Heraclitus taught that fate was the general reason that runs through the whole
nature of the universe ; which nature he supposed to be an ¿thereal body , the
feed of the ...
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Authority , light , and life did , to the eye of . reason , plainly appear to support ,
pervade , and animate the mundane system or macrocosm . The same appeared
in the microcosm , preserving soul and body , enlightening the mind , and moving
...
Authority , light , and life did , to the eye of . reason , plainly appear to support ,
pervade , and animate the mundane system or macrocosm . The same appeared
in the microcosm , preserving soul and body , enlightening the mind , and moving
...
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Plato enjoins Dionyfius over and over , with great earneftness not to suffer , what
he communicates concerning the mystery of the divine nature , to fall into illiterate
or vulgar hands , giving it withal as a reason for this caution , that nothing would ...
Plato enjoins Dionyfius over and over , with great earneftness not to suffer , what
he communicates concerning the mystery of the divine nature , to fall into illiterate
or vulgar hands , giving it withal as a reason for this caution , that nothing would ...
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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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