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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 164 pages |
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Page 115
... mere corporeal causes , but a divine necessity , as he himself expresy calls it .
And what is this but an over - ruling intelligent power that disposeth of all things ?
243 . Attraction cannot produce , and in that sense account for the ph¿nomena ...
... mere corporeal causes , but a divine necessity , as he himself expresy calls it .
And what is this but an over - ruling intelligent power that disposeth of all things ?
243 . Attraction cannot produce , and in that sense account for the ph¿nomena ...
Page 123
... seem to spring from the fame general cause with the vegetation of plants , an
¿therial spirit actuated by a mind . 259 . The first poets and theologers of Greece
and the east considered the generation of things , as ascribed rather to a divine ...
... seem to spring from the fame general cause with the vegetation of plants , an
¿therial spirit actuated by a mind . 259 . The first poets and theologers of Greece
and the east considered the generation of things , as ascribed rather to a divine ...
Page 124
to natural causes fubordinate to , and directed still by ' a divine ; except fome
corporealifts and me . ' chanics , who vainly pretended to make a world without a
God . The hidden force that unites , adjusts , and causeth all things to hang
cogether ...
to natural causes fubordinate to , and directed still by ' a divine ; except fome
corporealifts and me . ' chanics , who vainly pretended to make a world without a
God . The hidden force that unites , adjusts , and causeth all things to hang
cogether ...
Page 129
Nor was this to be understood of an external world , sublisting in real absolute
space : For it was a doctrine of those ancient fages , that soul was the place of
forms , as may be seen in the cwelfth book of the arcane part of divine wisdom ...
Nor was this to be understood of an external world , sublisting in real absolute
space : For it was a doctrine of those ancient fages , that soul was the place of
forms , as may be seen in the cwelfth book of the arcane part of divine wisdom ...
Page 139
Thus much it consists with piety to say , that a divine agent doth by his virtue
permeate and govern the elementary fire or light ( d ) , which Serves as an animal
fpirit to enliven and actuate the 109 . 157 , 172 . S z whole whole mass , and all
the ...
Thus much it consists with piety to say , that a divine agent doth by his virtue
permeate and govern the elementary fire or light ( d ) , which Serves as an animal
fpirit to enliven and actuate the 109 . 157 , 172 . S z whole whole mass , and all
the ...
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