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 105
... original property and firft fuppofed ? On the other hand , if force be confidered as prefcinded from gravity and mat- ter , and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an abstract spiritual incor- poreal ...
... original property and firft fuppofed ? On the other hand , if force be confidered as prefcinded from gravity and mat- ter , and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an abstract spiritual incor- poreal ...
Page 107
... original properties , attractions , repulfions and motions , the laws and natures whereof are indifcernible to us , otherwife than in their remote effects . And this animated heterogeneous fire fhould feem a more adequate caufe ...
... original properties , attractions , repulfions and motions , the laws and natures whereof are indifcernible to us , otherwife than in their remote effects . And this animated heterogeneous fire fhould feem a more adequate caufe ...
Page 112
... original caufe , that firft cre- ated the world , and then fet it a going . We can- not make even one fingle ftep in accounting for the phænomena , without admitting the immedi- ate prefence and immediate action of an incorpo- real ...
... original caufe , that firft cre- ated the world , and then fet it a going . We can- not make even one fingle ftep in accounting for the phænomena , without admitting the immedi- ate prefence and immediate action of an incorpo- real ...
Page 114
... original formation of things ? From whence divers unaccountable and unforeseen motions may arife in the animal œconomy ; from whence alfo various peculiar and fpecific virtues may be conceived to arife , refiding in certain medicines ...
... original formation of things ? From whence divers unaccountable and unforeseen motions may arife in the animal œconomy ; from whence alfo various peculiar and fpecific virtues may be conceived to arife , refiding in certain medicines ...
Page 125
... original caufe or author of the fpe- cies , but receives them from intellect , the true principle of order and diftinction , the fource and giver of forms . Others confider the vegetative foul only as fome lower faculty of a higher foul ...
... original caufe or author of the fpe- cies , but receives them from intellect , the true principle of order and diftinction , the fource and giver of forms . Others confider the vegetative foul only as fome lower faculty of a higher foul ...
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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