A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections on Atheistical Philosophy, Now Exemplified in France. By Richard Joseph Sulivan, ...T. Becket, 1794 |
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... æther , the air , the water , and the earth , take to themselves that which invigorates , and is wholesome to their bodies in the aggregate . The æther at- tracts to itself the lower vapours , which are pre- pared and subtilized , and ...
... æther , the air , the water , and the earth , take to themselves that which invigorates , and is wholesome to their bodies in the aggregate . The æther at- tracts to itself the lower vapours , which are pre- pared and subtilized , and ...
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... æther , hearing from air , smell from fire , taste from wa- ter , and touch from earth . " * These elements , however , are not measured out in the same pro- portion . Animal sensations , therefore , must be different . How is it to be ...
... æther , hearing from air , smell from fire , taste from wa- ter , and touch from earth . " * These elements , however , are not measured out in the same pro- portion . Animal sensations , therefore , must be different . How is it to be ...
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... æther , looked up to it , as to the great agent of all things . The higher parts of the world , says he , are full of fire , and the power that is there is æther . Light- • Nature Devoile . -Lightning is distilled from this æther ...
... æther , looked up to it , as to the great agent of all things . The higher parts of the world , says he , are full of fire , and the power that is there is æther . Light- • Nature Devoile . -Lightning is distilled from this æther ...
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... æther . Thunder is caused by its falling upon the ærial regions . The meteors of it , that shoot down in sparks , are quickly absorbed . Zeno held the first element to be this fluid fire , which , as all bodies tend to the centre ...
... æther . Thunder is caused by its falling upon the ærial regions . The meteors of it , that shoot down in sparks , are quickly absorbed . Zeno held the first element to be this fluid fire , which , as all bodies tend to the centre ...
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... æther ; the next the air ; the next the water ; and the last the earth . These parts , however , do not differ : they are all of the same chaotic fluid , but varied by subtility and fixity . Even the fluids that descend in rain and dew ...
... æther ; the next the air ; the next the water ; and the last the earth . These parts , however , do not differ : they are all of the same chaotic fluid , but varied by subtility and fixity . Even the fluids that descend in rain and dew ...
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æther Anaxagoras animals and vegetables appears Aristotle birds blood brain brute Buffon called cause chyle circulation colour conceived degree Diogenes Laertius doctrine drupeds earth eggs embryo Empedocles existence experience external eyes faculty fætus fecundation female fermentation fibres fire fishes flowers fluid fruit heart heat hence hermaphrodite human ideas immaterial impregnation infinite innate insects instance intellectual intelligence irritability juices kind knowledge likewise living Lucretius lungs male mankind manner material matter medulla oblongata membranes ment mind motion nature nerves never nourishment objects observed organic particles organized bodies ovarium oviparous ovum perceive perception perfect phænomena philosophers phlogiston plants polypi polypus principle produced propagation properties putrefaction quadrupeds quantity race reason respiration says seed semen seminal sensation sense sensible shew solid soul Spallanzani species spirit stomach substance subtile supposed thing thought tion tree ture uterus Valisnieri vapour vegetable vessels viviparous whole worms zoophytes
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Seite 287 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Seite 511 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.
Seite 149 - When I perceive a tree before me, my faculty of seeing gives me not only a notion or simple apprehension of the tree, but a belief of its existence, and of its figure, distance, and magnitude ; and this judgment or belief is not got by comparing ideas, it is included in the very nature of the perception.
Seite 126 - I can as well doubt of my own being as of the being of those things which I actually perceive by sense: it being a manifest contradiction that any sensible object should be immediately perceived by sight or touch, and at the same time have no existence in nature ; since the very existence of an unthinking being consists in being perceived.
Seite 313 - As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
Seite 212 - The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history, or tradition, of the most enlightened nations, represent the human savage, naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language.
Seite 150 - They serve to direct us in the common affairs of life, where our reasoning faculty would leave us in the dark. They are a part of our constitution, and all the discoveries of our reason are grounded upon them. They make up what is called the common sense of mankind', and what is manifestly contrary to any of those first principles, is what we call absurd.
Seite 227 - The lion and the tyger sport with the paw; the horse delights to commit his mane to the wind, and forgets his pasture to try his speed in the field; the bull even before his brow is armed, and the lamb while yet an emblem of innocence, have a disposition to strike with the forehead, and anticipate, in play, the conflicts they are doomed to sustain. Man too is disposed to opposition, and to employ the forces of his nature against an equal antagonist; he loves to bring his reason, his eloquence, his...
Seite 216 - If we admit that man is susceptible of improvement, and has in himself a principle of progression, and a desire of perfection, it appears improper to say, that he has quitted the state of his nature, when he has begun to proceed ; or that he finds a station for which he was not intended, while, like other animals, he only follows the disposition, and employs the powers that nature has given.
Seite 125 - If any one pretends* to be so sceptical as to deny his own existence (for really to doubt of it is manifestly impossible), let him, for me, enjoy his beloved happiness of being nothing, until hunger or some other pain convince him of the contrary.