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 69
... causing them , instead thereof , reciprocally to re- pel each other and fly afunder , with a force pro- portionable to that wherewith they had cohered . 150. Therefore in air we may conceive two parts , the one more grofs which was ...
... causing them , instead thereof , reciprocally to re- pel each other and fly afunder , with a force pro- portionable to that wherewith they had cohered . 150. Therefore in air we may conceive two parts , the one more grofs which was ...
Page 71
... cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un ... Causes , though none of them be ftrictly speaking agent or efficient . There is not any proof that an extended corporeal ...
... cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un ... Causes , though none of them be ftrictly speaking agent or efficient . There is not any proof that an extended corporeal ...
Page 72
... cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the motions of the body . In the fame fenfe may not ...
... cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the motions of the body . In the fame fenfe may not ...
Page 73
... causes , or natural caufes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- pofed the immediate phyfical caufe ...
... causes , or natural caufes , or inftruments , are neceffary to affift , not the governor , but the governed . 161. In the human body the mind orders and moves the limbs : but the animal fpirit is fup- pofed the immediate phyfical caufe ...
Page 93
... cause of mufcular motion , by a mére impulfe of the nerves communicated from the brain to the membranes of the muscles , and thereby to the enclosed æther , whose expanfive motion , being by that means in- creased , is thought to fwell ...
... cause of mufcular motion , by a mére impulfe of the nerves communicated from the brain to the membranes of the muscles , and thereby to the enclosed æther , whose expanfive motion , being by that means in- creased , is thought to fwell ...
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