Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... reason , because the elements are not alive . Tho ' perhaps it may not be easy to prove , that blood and animal spirit are more alive in iman , than water and fire in the world . That phi- ( f ) 172 , 277 . lofopher , lofopher , in his ...
... reason , because the elements are not alive . Tho ' perhaps it may not be easy to prove , that blood and animal spirit are more alive in iman , than water and fire in the world . That phi- ( f ) 172 , 277 . lofopher , lofopher , in his ...
Page 142
... reason , op- preffed and overwhelmed , as we are , by the senses , through erroneous principles and long ambages of words and notions , to ftruggle upwards into the light of truth , yet as this gradually dawns , further difcoveries ...
... reason , op- preffed and overwhelmed , as we are , by the senses , through erroneous principles and long ambages of words and notions , to ftruggle upwards into the light of truth , yet as this gradually dawns , further difcoveries ...
Page 146
... Reason confiders and judges of the imagi- nations . And thefe acts of reafon become new ob- jects to the understanding . In this fcale , tach lower faculty is a ftep that leads to one above it . And the uppermoft naturally leads to the ...
... Reason confiders and judges of the imagi- nations . And thefe acts of reafon become new ob- jects to the understanding . In this fcale , tach lower faculty is a ftep that leads to one above it . And the uppermoft naturally leads to the ...
Page 147
... reason , and no experiment of fenfe . 305. As understanding perceiveth not , that is , doth not hear or fee or feel , fo sense knoweth not : And although the mind may use both fense and phancy , as means whereby to arrive at knowledge ...
... reason , and no experiment of fenfe . 305. As understanding perceiveth not , that is , doth not hear or fee or feel , fo sense knoweth not : And although the mind may use both fense and phancy , as means whereby to arrive at knowledge ...
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... reason for this caution , that nothing would feem more ridiculous or abfurd to the common run of mankind . He adds , that in regard writings might miscarry , the prudent way was to write nothing at all on those matters , but to teach ...
... reason for this caution , that nothing would feem more ridiculous or abfurd to the common run of mankind . He adds , that in regard writings might miscarry , the prudent way was to write nothing at all on those matters , but to teach ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit anſwer Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout greateſt groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refiding 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