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... nourishment ; and secondly as a thing animate and nourished . And with these prefa- tory remarks I now pass on to the Topics of Inquiry . PARTICULAR TOPICS OR Articles of Inquiry concerning Life and Death 14 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... nourishment ; and secondly as a thing animate and nourished . And with these prefa- tory remarks I now pass on to the Topics of Inquiry . PARTICULAR TOPICS OR Articles of Inquiry concerning Life and Death 14 TRANSLATION OF THE.
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... , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to the inquiry of animals , not including man . 3. Inquire into the length and shortness of life in " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 15.
... , though in their own manner . From the inquiry concerning inanimate and vegetable bodies pass on to the inquiry of animals , not including man . 3. Inquire into the length and shortness of life in " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 15.
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... passing only . From the inquiry concerning animals and things sup- ported by nourishment pass on to that concerning man . And having now come to the principal subject of in- quiry , that inquiry should be more accurate and com- plete on ...
... passing only . From the inquiry concerning animals and things sup- ported by nourishment pass on to that concerning man . And having now come to the principal subject of in- quiry , that inquiry should be more accurate and com- plete on ...
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... passes to the boughs , is itself moistened and refreshed in the passage by a richer and more abundant aliment . And this is further shown ( though it was not observed by Aristotle , who likewise has not so clearly expressed that which I ...
... passes to the boughs , is itself moistened and refreshed in the passage by a richer and more abundant aliment . And this is further shown ( though it was not observed by Aristotle , who likewise has not so clearly expressed that which I ...
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... passes into air ; as may be seen in bodies much decayed , in paper and linen burnt to tinder , and in corpses which have been long embalmed . This then is the third action ; name- ly , the Contraction of the Grosser Parts of the Body ...
... passes into air ; as may be seen in bodies much decayed , in paper and linen burnt to tinder , and in corpses which have been long embalmed . This then is the third action ; name- ly , the Contraction of the Grosser Parts of the Body ...
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