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 80
... held fire to be the principle and caufe of the generation of all things , did not mean thereby an inanimate ele . ment , but , as he termed it , aug deílwov , an ever- living fire . ( g ) 168 . ( b ) 165 . 176. Theo- 176. Theophraftus ...
... held fire to be the principle and caufe of the generation of all things , did not mean thereby an inanimate ele . ment , but , as he termed it , aug deílwov , an ever- living fire . ( g ) 168 . ( b ) 165 . 176. Theo- 176. Theophraftus ...
Page 81
... held the fame notion of fire , and might have derived it from Egypt by his master Pythagoras , who had travelled into Egypt , and been inftructed by the fages of that nation . One of whofe te- nets it was , that fire was the principle ...
... held the fame notion of fire , and might have derived it from Egypt by his master Pythagoras , who had travelled into Egypt , and been inftructed by the fages of that nation . One of whofe te- nets it was , that fire was the principle ...
Page 107
... held that fire compre- hended and included the fpermatic reafons or forms ( λógus σTTEQμATIXY's ) of all natural things . As the forms of things have their ideal exiftence in the intellect , fo it fhould feem that feminal principles ...
... held that fire compre- hended and included the fpermatic reafons or forms ( λógus σTTEQμATIXY's ) of all natural things . As the forms of things have their ideal exiftence in the intellect , fo it fhould feem that feminal principles ...
Page 130
... held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed that fate was a spiritual power which difpofed the world in order ; that it was the reafon and law of thofe things which are admini- ftred by providence . ( b ) ...
... held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed that fate was a spiritual power which difpofed the world in order ; that it was the reafon and law of thofe things which are admini- ftred by providence . ( b ) ...
Page 131
... held together by one foul and fuch is their har- mony , order , and regular courfe , as fheweth the foul to be governed and directed by a mind . It was an opinion of remote antiquity that the world was an animal ( d ) . If we may trust ...
... held together by one foul and fuch is their har- mony , order , and regular courfe , as fheweth the foul to be governed and directed by a mind . It was an opinion of remote antiquity that the world was an animal ( d ) . If we may trust ...
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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