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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... to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes
to mankind . i And , as effects are linked with ... my thoughts on this low , but
useful theme led to farother inquiries , and those on to others remote , perhaps ,
and ...
... to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes
to mankind . i And , as effects are linked with ... my thoughts on this low , but
useful theme led to farother inquiries , and those on to others remote , perhaps ,
and ...
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and not only useful in the prescriptions of phyficians , but have been allo thought
otherwise conducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old
Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonstonus in his
Dendrographia ...
and not only useful in the prescriptions of phyficians , but have been allo thought
otherwise conducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old
Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonstonus in his
Dendrographia ...
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The refraction of light is also thought to proceed from the different density and
elastic force of this ¿therial medium in different places . The vibrations of this
medium alternately concurring with , or obstructing the motions of the rays of light
, are ...
The refraction of light is also thought to proceed from the different density and
elastic force of this ¿therial medium in different places . The vibrations of this
medium alternately concurring with , or obstructing the motions of the rays of light
, are ...
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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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It may , therefore , be pardoned if this rude essay doth , by insensible transicions ,
draw the reader into remote inquiries and fpeculations , that were not thought of ,
either by him or by the author , at first setting out . . · 298 . There are traces of ...
It may , therefore , be pardoned if this rude essay doth , by insensible transicions ,
draw the reader into remote inquiries and fpeculations , that were not thought of ,
either by him or by the author , at first setting out . . · 298 . There are traces of ...
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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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