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 112
... mechanical principles , or otherwife than by recourfe to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . Nor will it fuffice from prefent phænomena and effects , through a chain of natural caufes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in ...
... mechanical principles , or otherwife than by recourfe to a mind or fpiritual agent ( b ) . Nor will it fuffice from prefent phænomena and effects , through a chain of natural caufes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in ...
Page 113
... mechanical prin- ciples whatever ? And if not , what fhould hinder but there may be fpecific medicines , whofe opera- tion depends not upon mechanical principles , how much foever that notion hath been exploded of late years ? 239. Why ...
... mechanical prin- ciples whatever ? And if not , what fhould hinder but there may be fpecific medicines , whofe opera- tion depends not upon mechanical principles , how much foever that notion hath been exploded of late years ? 239. Why ...
Page 114
... mechanical principles . For although the general known laws of motion are to be deem- ed mechanical , yet peculiar motions of the infenfible parts , and peculiar properties depending thereon , are occult and fpecific . 240. The words ...
... mechanical principles . For although the general known laws of motion are to be deem- ed mechanical , yet peculiar motions of the infenfible parts , and peculiar properties depending thereon , are occult and fpecific . 240. The words ...
Page 116
... mechanical principles of fize , figure , and the like : that is by fir Ifaac Newton , than Defcartes . And natural philofophers excel , as they are more or lefs acquainted with the laws and methods obferved by the author of nature . 244 ...
... mechanical principles of fize , figure , and the like : that is by fir Ifaac Newton , than Defcartes . And natural philofophers excel , as they are more or lefs acquainted with the laws and methods obferved by the author of nature . 244 ...
Page 118
... mechanical philofophers , that the true way of proceeding in their fcience is , from known motions in nature to investigate the moving forces . Forafmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor belongs to any corporeal thing ( t ) ; nor yet ...
... mechanical philofophers , that the true way of proceeding in their fcience is , from known motions in nature to investigate the moving forces . Forafmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor belongs to any corporeal thing ( t ) ; nor yet ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul 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 medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ