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... NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT . THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS 285 ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA 317 ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS , According to the Fa- BLES OF CUPID AND COLUM . 341 vi CONTENTS OF THE TENTH VOLUME . PART III .
... NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT . THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS 285 ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA 317 ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS , According to the Fa- BLES OF CUPID AND COLUM . 341 vi CONTENTS OF THE TENTH VOLUME . PART III .
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... principles and hypotheses ( whereof I insert some and reserve others in my mind ) , and as it were cut and dug out of the rock and mine of nature herself . Yet I have not been careless , but ( seeing that 1 Plato Rep . iii . VOL . X. 6 ...
... principles and hypotheses ( whereof I insert some and reserve others in my mind ) , and as it were cut and dug out of the rock and mine of nature herself . Yet I have not been careless , but ( seeing that 1 Plato Rep . iii . VOL . X. 6 ...
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... other things that relate to the health . In extreme old age however the same principle holds with regard to food and sleep , for both should be taken frequently , though little at a time . And at the very 96 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... other things that relate to the health . In extreme old age however the same principle holds with regard to food and sleep , for both should be taken frequently , though little at a time . And at the very 96 TRANSLATION OF THE.
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... principle of it is subtle . First , it may be held as certain that in all baking ( as of clay into bricks and tiles , of bread , and the like ) much of the pneumatic part of the body ex- hales and escapes ( as I shall shortly show ) ...
... principle of it is subtle . First , it may be held as certain that in all baking ( as of clay into bricks and tiles , of bread , and the like ) much of the pneumatic part of the body ex- hales and escapes ( as I shall shortly show ) ...
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... principles of nature . For there are two opinions , nor can there be more , with respect to atoms or the seeds of things ; the one that of Democ- ritus , which attributed to atoms inequality and configu- ration , and by configuration ...
... principles of nature . For there are two opinions , nor can there be more , with respect to atoms or the seeds of things ; the one that of Democ- ritus , which attributed to atoms inequality and configu- ration , and by configuration ...
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