Bacon: His Writings and His PhilosophyGaunt, Incorporated, 2009 - 715 pages |
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Page 444
... body , with us , contains an invisible and untangible spirit , over which the body is drawn like a garment . Aud hence arise those three powerful springs , and that wonderful process , of the spirit in tangible bodies . For , 1 , the ...
... body , with us , contains an invisible and untangible spirit , over which the body is drawn like a garment . Aud hence arise those three powerful springs , and that wonderful process , of the spirit in tangible bodies . For , 1 , the ...
Page 445
... body , but a part of the body itself that was before tangible , and is now newly converted into spirit , for the pure spirit has no gra- vity . The emission , or exit , of this spirit is rendered sensible by the rusting of metals and ...
... body , but a part of the body itself that was before tangible , and is now newly converted into spirit , for the pure spirit has no gra- vity . The emission , or exit , of this spirit is rendered sensible by the rusting of metals and ...
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... body is rarer or denser than the body assimilated . The rarer the body , the greater expansion and contraction it is capable of from external violence , to a certain degree . If tension or pressure exceeds its bounds in a rare body , such a ...
... body is rarer or denser than the body assimilated . The rarer the body , the greater expansion and contraction it is capable of from external violence , to a certain degree . If tension or pressure exceeds its bounds in a rare body , such a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
Moral Theological and Historical Works Section 1 Essays | 9 |
Wisdom of the Ancients | 89 |
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