Origines Sacrae Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Revealed Religion: To which is Added Part of Another Book Upon the Same Subject, Left Unfinished by the Author : Together with a Letter to a Deist, Volume 2University Press, 1836 - 542 pages |
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Page 9
... rest , but in continual disorderly motion and agitation : which is a full explication , I suppose , of what Thales meant by his water , which is the same with that iùs , or mixture of mud and water together , which others speak of as ...
... rest , but in continual disorderly motion and agitation : which is a full explication , I suppose , of what Thales meant by his water , which is the same with that iùs , or mixture of mud and water together , which others speak of as ...
Page 46
... rest , and what rest could there be , if motion doth inseparably belong to every particle of matter ? And so it must be in all those atoms which are supposed to have angles and hooks , in order to their better catching hold of each ...
... rest , and what rest could there be , if motion doth inseparably belong to every particle of matter ? And so it must be in all those atoms which are supposed to have angles and hooks , in order to their better catching hold of each ...
Page 47
... rest of the small and contiguous parts that make up the firm body , according to that catholic law of nature whereby things continue in the state they are in till some stronger force puts them out of it . The only thing which the ...
... rest of the small and contiguous parts that make up the firm body , according to that catholic law of nature whereby things continue in the state they are in till some stronger force puts them out of it . The only thing which the ...
Page 53
... rest of the world , and so are liable to different motion and configuration . 2. Because all particles of matter are supposed to be in continual motion , because of that disseminated vacuity which is presumed to be in the world , and ...
... rest of the world , and so are liable to different motion and configuration . 2. Because all particles of matter are supposed to be in continual motion , because of that disseminated vacuity which is presumed to be in the world , and ...
Page 54
... rest till they come to that empty space , where they may again rendezvous together . So dangerous is the news of li- berty , or of an empty space , to these democratical par- ticles of the universe ! Neither can I see how a disse ...
... rest till they come to that empty space , where they may again rendezvous together . So dangerous is the news of li- berty , or of an empty space , to these democratical par- ticles of the universe ! Neither can I see how a disse ...
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