Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... universe by it's vigo- rous and expanfive motion . 211. If we may believe Diogenes Laertius , the Pythagoræan philofophers thought there was a certain pure heat or fire , which had fomewhat di- vine in it , by the participation whereof ...
... universe by it's vigo- rous and expanfive motion . 211. If we may believe Diogenes Laertius , the Pythagoræan philofophers thought there was a certain pure heat or fire , which had fomewhat di- vine in it , by the participation whereof ...
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... universe ( a ) . Which , though present to all things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed , attracted , and fecreted by the fine capillaries , and exquisite strainers in the bodies of plants and ani ...
... universe ( a ) . Which , though present to all things , is not nevertheless one way received by all ; but variously imbibed , attracted , and fecreted by the fine capillaries , and exquisite strainers in the bodies of plants and ani ...
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... universe . Motion , and even power in an equivocal fenfe , may be found in this pure æthe- real spirit , which ignites bodies , but is not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth ...
... universe . Motion , and even power in an equivocal fenfe , may be found in this pure æthe- real spirit , which ignites bodies , but is not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth ...
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... universe of things , we in this mortal ftate are like men educated in Plato's cave , looking on fha- dows with our backs turned to the light . But though our light be dim , and our fituation bad , yet if the best use be made of both ...
... universe of things , we in this mortal ftate are like men educated in Plato's cave , looking on fha- dows with our backs turned to the light . But though our light be dim , and our fituation bad , yet if the best use be made of both ...
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... universe into living creatures be ing born by winds , that this cannot be true of plants or of certain animals which do not breath . But air veffels are by later experiments allowed to be found in all plants and animals . And air may in ...
... universe into living creatures be ing born by winds , that this cannot be true of plants or of certain animals which do not breath . But air veffels are by later experiments allowed to be found in all plants and animals . And air may in ...
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