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 90
... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regard . ing mercury as the mother , and fulphur as the fa- ther of metals ; and Plato himself in his Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a thining yellow light , which ...
... Ennead of Plotinus , and others likewife before him , regard . ing mercury as the mother , and fulphur as the fa- ther of metals ; and Plato himself in his Timæus defcribing gold , to be a denfe fluid with a thining yellow light , which ...
Page 96
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condenfation , rarefaction , and colli fion that it can be mixed with other bodies , en- ter their ...
... Ennead of Plotinus . 207. But it is now well known , that light moves , that it's motion is not inftantaneous : that it is capable of condenfation , rarefaction , and colli fion that it can be mixed with other bodies , en- ter their ...
Page 97
... the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N parts . ! parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( 97 )
... the fight of the mundane foul . And Plo- tinus , in his fourth Ennead , fheweth it to be his opinion , that the world feeth it felf and all it's N parts . ! parts . The Platonic philofophers do wonderfully refine upon light ( 97 )
Page 120
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the universe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
... Ennead , that the art of pre- faging is in fome fort the reading of natural letters denoting order , and that fo far forth as analogy ob- tains in the universe , there may be vaticination . And in reality , he that foretells the motions ...
Page 129
... is in mind , and body in foul . See the third chapter of the fifth book of the fifth Ennead . 271. Concerning abfolute fpace , that phantome of the mechanic R 27 . ( 129 ) taught there was an intellect that proceeded to ge- ...
... is in mind , and body in foul . See the third chapter of the fifth book of the fifth Ennead . 271. Concerning abfolute fpace , that phantome of the mechanic R 27 . ( 129 ) taught there was an intellect that proceeded to ge- ...
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