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So they are left floating in the air , which we constantly breath , and imbibe
through the whole surface of our bodies . And this together with exhalations from
coal fires , and the various fossils wherein we abound , doth greatly contribute to
...
So they are left floating in the air , which we constantly breath , and imbibe
through the whole surface of our bodies . And this together with exhalations from
coal fires , and the various fossils wherein we abound , doth greatly contribute to
...
Page 55
... as its effects are various and useful , so there is nothing to be feared from the
operation of an alterative so mild and friendly to nature . It was a wife maxim of
certain ancient philosophers , that diseases ought not to be irritated by medicines
.
... as its effects are various and useful , so there is nothing to be feared from the
operation of an alterative so mild and friendly to nature . It was a wife maxim of
certain ancient philosophers , that diseases ought not to be irritated by medicines
.
Page 74
Hence the various communications , determinations , accelerations of motion
constitute the laws of nature . 162 . The pure ¿ther or invisible fire contains parts
of different kinds , that are impressed with different forces , or subjected to
different ...
Hence the various communications , determinations , accelerations of motion
constitute the laws of nature . 162 . The pure ¿ther or invisible fire contains parts
of different kinds , that are impressed with different forces , or subjected to
different ...
Page 83
The heaven is supposed pregnant with virtues and forms , which constitute and
discriminate the various species of things . And we have more than once
observed , that , as the light , fire , or celestial ¿ther , being parted by refracting or
...
The heaven is supposed pregnant with virtues and forms , which constitute and
discriminate the various species of things . And we have more than once
observed , that , as the light , fire , or celestial ¿ther , being parted by refracting or
...
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But the particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we
concerned at all about the forces , nei , ther can we know or measure them
otherwise than by their effects , that is to say , the motions , which motions only ,
and not the ...
But the particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we
concerned at all about the forces , nei , ther can we know or measure them
otherwise than by their effects , that is to say , the motions , which motions only ,
and not the ...
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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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