Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 95
... cause it enlightens , and fills a great space , in an inftant , and without oppofition : Becaufe feveral lights meet without refifting each other : Because light cannot lights ( 95 ) he thought it came into the blood either by refpi ...
... cause it enlightens , and fills a great space , in an inftant , and without oppofition : Becaufe feveral lights meet without refifting each other : Because light cannot lights ( 95 ) he thought it came into the blood either by refpi ...
Page 103
... denfer continually ; and thereby cause those great bodies to gravitate towards one another , and their respective parts towards their centers , every body body endeavouring to pafs from the denfer parts of the ( 103 )
... denfer continually ; and thereby cause those great bodies to gravitate towards one another , and their respective parts towards their centers , every body body endeavouring to pafs from the denfer parts of the ( 103 )
Page 112
... causes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in- tellect as the remote original caufe , that firft cre- ated the world , and then fet it a going . We can- not make even one fingle ftep in accounting for the phænomena ...
... causes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in- tellect as the remote original caufe , that firft cre- ated the world , and then fet it a going . We can- not make even one fingle ftep in accounting for the phænomena ...
Page 118
... causes from the effects , yet this is to be understood not of agents ( s ) but of principles , that is , of component parts , in one fenfe , or of laws or rules , in another . In ftrict truth all agents are incorporeal , and as fuch are ...
... causes from the effects , yet this is to be understood not of agents ( s ) but of principles , that is , of component parts , in one fenfe , or of laws or rules , in another . In ftrict truth all agents are incorporeal , and as fuch are ...
Page 119
... cause ( u ) . And although a mechanical or mathematical philofopher may speak of abfolute space , abfolute motion , and of force as exifting in bodies , caufing fuch motion and pro- portional thereto ; yet what thefe forces are , which ...
... cause ( u ) . And although a mechanical or mathematical philofopher may speak of abfolute space , abfolute motion , and of force as exifting in bodies , caufing fuch motion and pro- portional thereto ; yet what thefe forces are , which ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe