Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 539
... subject ; cannot be true : for folidity , in our conception , is nothing but impenetrability but whoever ufes the word impenetrability , certainly means that there is fomething impenetrable . That there is fome real thing or being ...
... subject ; cannot be true : for folidity , in our conception , is nothing but impenetrability but whoever ufes the word impenetrability , certainly means that there is fomething impenetrable . That there is fome real thing or being ...
Page 548
... SUBJECT ; and No- and contra - THING CAN ACT WHERE IT IS NOT . If , therefore , ry to an in- there be powers of attraction and repulfion , ( which neceffary fhall be confidered afterwards in the Chapter of мo- TION ) , there must be a ...
... SUBJECT ; and No- and contra - THING CAN ACT WHERE IT IS NOT . If , therefore , ry to an in- there be powers of attraction and repulfion , ( which neceffary fhall be confidered afterwards in the Chapter of мo- TION ) , there must be a ...
Page 583
... subject would fwell this chap- ter to a disproportionate bulk . We fhall therefore con- tent ourselves with laying before our readers the fenti- ments of Bishop Butler , and the fancies and demon- ftrations of the philofopher of ...
... subject would fwell this chap- ter to a disproportionate bulk . We fhall therefore con- tent ourselves with laying before our readers the fenti- ments of Bishop Butler , and the fancies and demon- ftrations of the philofopher of ...
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