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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From the manner of procuring tar ( a ) it plainly appears to be a natural production
, lodged in the vessels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not
made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called ...
From the manner of procuring tar ( a ) it plainly appears to be a natural production
, lodged in the vessels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not
made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called ...
Page 23
Hence the prejudice which some perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a
medicine , the use whereof might infame the blood by it ' s sulphur and resin ,
appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid ...
Hence the prejudice which some perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a
medicine , the use whereof might infame the blood by it ' s sulphur and resin ,
appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid ...
Page 128
... symbolically represent the supreme divinity sitting on a lotus , and that gesture
has been interpreted to signify the most holy and venerable being to be utterly at
rest reposing within himself ; yet , for any thing that appears , this gesture might ...
... symbolically represent the supreme divinity sitting on a lotus , and that gesture
has been interpreted to signify the most holy and venerable being to be utterly at
rest reposing within himself ; yet , for any thing that appears , this gesture might ...
Page 129
The doctrine of real absolute external space , induced some modern
philosophers to conclude it was a part or attribute of God , or that God himself
was space ; inasmuch as incommunicable attributes of the Deity appeared to
agree thereto ...
The doctrine of real absolute external space , induced some modern
philosophers to conclude it was a part or attribute of God , or that God himself
was space ; inasmuch as incommunicable attributes of the Deity appeared to
agree thereto ...
Page 137
Philo appears to be of this opinion in several parts . of his writings . And Virgil ,
who was no stranger to the Pythagorean and Platonic tenets writes to the fame
purpose . Deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque tractusque maris c¿lumque ...
Philo appears to be of this opinion in several parts . of his writings . And Virgil ,
who was no stranger to the Pythagorean and Platonic tenets writes to the fame
purpose . Deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque tractusque maris c¿lumque ...
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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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