Grounds of Natural Philosophy

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Author

Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674

Title

Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions

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Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature

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English

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QC: Science: Physics

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Physics -- Early works to 1800

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58404

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December 3, 2018

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GROUNDS — OF — NATURAL PHILOSOPHY — THIRTEEN PARTS — APPENDIX — CONTAINING — FIVE PARTS — The Second Edition, much altered from the First, — Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princess, — THE
2. 2.DUCHESS of NEWCASTLE — To all the UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE. — A TABLE of the CONTENTS. — GROUNDS OF Natural Philosophy. — The First Part. — CHAP. I. Of MATTER. — CHAP. II. Of MOTION. — CHAP. III. Of the degrees of MATTER. — CHAP. IV. Of VACUUM. — CHAP. V. The difference of the Two Self-moving Parts of Matter. — CHAP. VI. Of Dividing and Uniting of Parts. — CHAP. VII. Of Life and Knowledg. — CHAP. VIII. Of Nature's Knowledg and Perception. — CHAP. IX. Of PERCEPTION in general. — CHAP. XI. Whether the Triumphant Parts can be perceived distinctly from each other. — CHAP. XII. Whether Nature can know her self, or have an Absolute Power of her self, or have an exact Figure. — CHAP. XIII. Nature cannot judg her self. — CHAP. XIV. Nature Poyses, or Balances her Actions. — CHAP. XV. Whether there be Degrees of Corporeal Strength. — CHAP. XVI. Of Effects, and Cause. — CHAP. XVII. Of INFLUENCE. — CHAP. XVIII. Of FORTUNE and CHANCE. — CHAP. XIX. Of TIME and ETERNITY. — The Second Part. — CHAP. I. Of CREATURES. — CHAP. II. Of Knowledg and Perception of different kinds and sorts of Creatures. — CHAP. III. Of Perception of Parts, and United Perception. — CHAP. IV. Whether the Rational and Sensitive Parts have a Perception of each other. — CHAP. V. Of Thoughts, and the whole Mind of a Creature. — CHAP. VI. Whether the Mind of one Creature, can perceive the Mind of another Creature. — CHAP. VII. Of Perception, and Conception. — CHAP. VIII. Of Human Suppositions. — CHAP. IX. Of Information between several Creatures. — CHAP. X. The Reason of several kinds and sorts of Creatures. — CHAP. XI. Of the several Properties of several Kinds and sorts of Creatures.
3. 3.The Third Part. — CHAP. I. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. II. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. III. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. IV. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. V. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. VI. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. VII. Of Productions in general. — CHAP. VII. Lastly , Of Productions in general. — CHAP. VIII. Productions must partake of some Parts of their Producers. — CHAP. IX. Of Resemblances of several Off-springs, or Producers. — CHAP. X. Of the Several Appearances of the Exterior Parts of One Creature.
4. 4.The Fourth Part. — CHAP. I. Of Animal Productions; and of the Differences between Productions, and Transformations. — CHAP. II. Of different Figurative Motions in MAN's Production. — CHAP. IV. Of the Birth of a Child. — CHAP. V. Of Mischances, or Miscarriages of Breeding Creatures. — CHAP. VI. Of the Encrease of Growth, and Strength of Mankind, or such like Creatures. — CHAP. VII. Of the several Properties of the several Exterior Shapes of several sorts of Animals. — CHAP. VIII. Of the Dividing and Uniting Parts of a particular Creature.
5. 5.The Fifth Part. — CHAP. I. Of MAN. — CHAP. II. Of the variety of Man's Natural Motions. — CHAP. III. Of Man's Shape and Speech. — CHAP. IV. Of the several Figurative Parts of Human Creatures. — CHAP. V. Of the several Perceptions amongst the several Parts of MAN. — CHAP. VI. Of Divided and Composed Perceptions. — CHAP. VII. Of the Ignorances of the several Perceptive Organs. — CHAP. VIII. Of the particular and general Perceptions of the Exterior Parts of Human Creatures. — CHAP. IX. Of the Exterior Sensitive Organs of Human Creatures. — CHAP. X. Of the Rational Parts of the Human Organs. — CHAP. XI. Of the difference between the Human Conception, and Perception. — CHAP. XII. Of the Several Varieties of Actions of Human Creatures. — CHAP. XIII. Of the manner of Information between the Rational and Sensitive Parts. — CHAP. XIV. Of Irregularities and Regularities of the Self-moving Parts of Human Creatures. — CHAP. XV. Of the Agreeing, or Disagreeing, of the Sensitive and Rational Parts of Human Creatures. — CHAP. XVI. Of the Power of the Rational; or rather, of the Indulgency of the Sensitive. — CHAP. XVII. Of Human Appetites and Passions. — CHAP. XVIII. Of the Rational Actions of the Head and Heart of Human Creatures. — CHAP. XIX. Of Passions and Imaginations. — CHAP. XX. That Associations, Divisions, and Alterations, cause several Effects. — CHAP. XXI. Of the Differences between Self-Love, and Passionate Love.
6. 6.The Sixth Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Motions of some parts of the Mind; and of Forrein Objects. — CHAP. II. Of the Motions of some Parts of the Mind. — CHAP. III. Of the Motions of Human Passions, and Appetites; as also, of the Motions of the Rational and Sensitive Parts, towards Forrein Objects. — CHAP. IV. Of the Repetitions of the Sensitive and Rational Actions. — CHAP. V. Of the Passionate Love, and Sympathetical Endeavours, amongst the Associate Parts of a Human Creature. — CHAP. VI. Of ACQUAINTANCE. — CHAP. VII. Of the Effects of Forrein Objects of the Sensitive Body; and of the Rational Mind of a Human Creature. — CHAP. VIII. Of the Advantage and Disadvantage of the Encounters of several Creatures. — CHAP. IX. That All Human Creatures have the like Kinds and Sorts of Properties. — CHAP. X. Of the Irregularity of the Sensitive, and of the Rational Corporeal Motions. — CHAP. XI. Of the Knowledg between the Sensitive Organs of a Human Creature. — CHAP. XII. Of Human Perception, or Defects of a Human Creature. — CHAP. XIII. Of Natural FOOLS.
7. 7.The Seventh Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Sensitive Actions of Sleeping and Waking. — CHAP. II. Of SLEEPING. — CHAP. III. Of Human DREAMS. — CHAP. IV. Of the Actions of DREAMS. — CHAP. V. Whether the Interior Parts of a Human Creature, do sleep. — CHAP. VI. Whether all the Creatures in Nature, have Sleeping and Waking Actions. — CHAP. VII. Of Human Death. — CHAP. VIII. Of the Heat of Human Life, and the Cold of Human Death. — CHAP. IX. Of the Last Act of Human Life. — CHAP. XI. Whether a Creature may be new Formed, after a general Dissolution. — CHAP. XII. Of FOREKNOWLEDG.
8. 8.The Eighth Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Irregularity of Nature's Parts. — CHAP. II. Of the Human Parts of a Human Creature. — CHAP. III. Of Human Humours. — CHAP. IV. Of BLOOD. — CHAP. V. Of the Radical Humours, or Parts. — CHAP. VI. Of Expelling Malignant Disorders in a Human Creature. — CHAP. VII. Of Human Digestions and Evacuations. — CHAP. VIII. Of DISEASES in general. — CHAP. IX. Of the Fundamental Diseases.
9. 9.The Ninth Part. — CHAP. I. Of SICKNESS. — CHAP. II. Of PAIN. — CHAP. III. Of DIZZINESS. — CHAP. IV. Of the Brain seeming to turn round in the Head. — CHAP. V. Of WEAKNESS. — CHAP. VI. Of SWOUNDING. — CHAP. VII. Of Numb and Dead Palsies, or Gangren's. — CHAP. VIII. Of MADNESS. — CHAP. IX. The Sensitive and Rational Parts may be distinctly Mad. — CHAP. X. The Parts of the Head are not only subject to Madness, but also the other Parts of the Body. — CHAP. XI. The Rational and Sensitive Parts of a Human Creature, are apt to disturb each other. — CHAP. XII. Of Diseases produced by Conceit.
10. 10.The Tenth Part. — CHAP. I. Of FEVERS. — CHAP. II. Of the PLAGUE. — CHAP. III. Of the Small-Pox, and Measles. — CHAP. IV. Of the Intermission of Fevers or Agues. — CHAP. V. Of CONSUMPTIONS. — CHAP. VI. Of DROPSIES. — CHAP. VII. Of SWEATING. — CHAP. VIII. Of COVGHS. — CHAP. IX. Of GANGREN'S. — CHAP. X. Of Cancers and Fistula's. — CHAP. XI. Of the GOVT. — CHAP. XII. Of the STONE. — CHAP. XII. Of Apoplexies, and Lethargies. — CHAP. XIII. Of EPILEPSIES. — CHAP. XIV. Of Convulsions, and Cramps. — CHAP. XV. Of CHOLICKS. — CHAP. XVI. Of Shaking Palsies. — CHAP. XVII. Of the Muther, Spleen, and Scurvy. — CHAP. XVIII. Of Food, or Digestions. — CHAP. XIX. Of SURFEITS. — CHAP. XX. Of Natural Evacuations, or Purgings. — CHAP. XXI. Of PURGING DRUGGS. — CHAP. XXII. Of the Various Humours of Druggs. — CHAP. XXIII. Of CORDIALS. — CHAP. XXIV. Of the different Actions of the several Sensitive Parts of a Human Creature. — CHAP. XXV. Of the Antipathy of some Human Creatures, to some Forrein Objects. — CHAP. XXVI. Of the Effects of Forrein Objects, on the Human Mind. — CHAP. XXVII. Of CONTEMPLATION. — CHAP. XXVIII. Of Injecting of the Blood of one Animal, into the Veins of another Animal.
11. 11.The Eleventh Part. — CHAP. I. Of the different Knowledges, in different Kinds and Sorts of Creatures. — CHAP. II. Of the Variety of Self-actions in particular Creatures. — CHAP. III. Of the Variety of Corporeal Motion, of one and the same sort or kind of Motion. — CHAP. V. Of Dividing, and Rejoyning, or Altering Exterior Figurative Motions. — CHAP. VI. Of Different Figurative Motions in particular Creatures. — CHAP. VII. Of the Alterations of Exterior and Innate Figurative Motions of several sorts of Creatures. — CHAP. VIII. Of LOCAL MOTION. — CHAP. IX. Of several manners, or ways of Advantages, or Disadvantages. — CHAP. X. Of the Actions of some sorts of Creatures, over others. — CHAP. XI. Of GLASSIE BODIES. — CHAP. XII. Of Metamorphoses, or Transformations of Animals and Vegetables. — CHAP. XIII. Of the Life and Death of several Creatures. — CHAP. XIV. Of CIRCLES. — CHAP. XV. Human Creatures cannot so probably treat of other sorts of Creatures, as of their own.
12. 12.The Twelfth Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Equality of ELEMENTS. — CHAP. II. Of several TEMPERS. — CHAP. III. Of the Change and Rechange; and of Dividing and Ioyning of the Parts of the Elements. — CHAP. IV. Of the Innate Figurative Motions of Earth. — CHAP. VI. Of the Innate Figurative Motion of Fire. — CHAP. VII. Of the Productions of Elemental Fire. — CHAP. VIII. Of FLAME. — CHAP. IX. Of the two sorts of Fire most different. — CHAP. X. Of Dead or Dull Fires. — CHAP. XI. Of the Occasional Actions of Fire. — CHAP. XII. Fire hath not the Property to Change and Rechange. — CHAP. XIII. Of the Innate Figurative Motions of Water. — CHAP. XIV. The Nature or Property of Water. — CHAP. XV. Of the Alteration of the Exterior Figurative Motion of Water. — CHAP. XVI. Of OYL, and VITRIOL. — CHAP. XVII. Of Mineral and Sulphureous Waters. — CHAP. XVIII. The Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. — CHAP. XIX. Of OVERFLOWS. — CHAP. XX. Of the Figure of Ice and Snow. — CHAP. XXI. Of the Change and Rechange of Water. — CHAP. XXII. Of Water Quenching Fire; and Fire Evaporating Water. — CHAP. XXIII. Of Inflamable Liquors. — CHAP. XXIV. Of THUNDER. — CHAP. XXV. Of Vapour, Smoak, Wind, and Clouds. — CHAP. XXVI. Of WIND. — CHAP. XXVII. Of LIGHT. — CHAP. XXVIII. Of DARKNESS. — CHAP. XXIX. Of COLOURS. — CHAP. XXX. Of the Exterior Motions of the Planets. — CHAP. XXXI. Of the Sun, and Planets, and Seasons. — CHAP. XXXII. Of Air corrupting Dead Bodies.
13. 13.The Thirteenth Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Innate Figurative Motions of Metals. — CHAP. II. Of the Melting of Metals. — CHAP. III. Of Burning, Melting, Boyling, and Evaporating. — CHAP. IV. Of STONE. — CHAP. V. Of the LOADSTONE. — CHAP. VI. Of Bodies, apt to ascend or descend. — CHAP. VII. Why Heavy Bodies descend more forcibly than Leight Bodies ascend. — CHAP. VIII. Of several sorts of Densities and Rarities, Gravities and Levities. — CHAP. IX. Of VEGETABLES. — CHAP. X. Of the Production of Vegetables. — CHAP. XI. Of Replanting Vegetables. — CHAP. XII. Of Artificial Things. — CHAP. XIII. Of several Kinds and Sorts of Species. — CHAP. XIV. Of Different WORLDS. — APPENDIX TO THE GROUNDS OF Natural Philosophy. — The First Part. — CHAP. I. Whether there can be a Substance, that is not a Body. — CHAP. II. Of an IMMATERIAL. — CHAP. III. Whether an Immaterial be Perceivable. — CHAP. IV. Of the Differences between God, and Nature. — CHAP. V. All the Parts of Nature worship God. — CHAP. VI. Whether GOD's Decrees are limited. — CHAP. VII. Of GOD's Decrees concerning the particular Parts of Nature. — CHAP. VIII. Of the Ten Commandments. — CHAP. IX. Of Several RELIGIONS. — CHAP. X. Of Rules and Prescriptions. — CHAP. XI. Sins and Punishments, are Material. — CHAP. XII. Of Human Conscience. — The Second Part. — CHAP. I. Whether it is possible there could be Worlds consisting only of the Rational Parts, and others only of the Sensitive Parts. — CHAP. II. Of Irregular and Regular Worlds. — CHAP. IV. Whether the Parts of one and the same Society, could, after their Dissolution, meet and unite. — CHAP. V. Whether, if a Creature being Dissolved, and could Unite again, would be the same. — CHAP. VI. Of the Resurrection of Human Kind. — CHAP. VII. Of the Dissolution of a World. — CHAP. VIII. Of a New Heaven, and a New Earth. — CHAP. IX. Whether there shall be a Material Heaven and Hell. — CHAP. X. Concerning the Ioys or Torments of the Blessed and Cursed, after they are in Heaven, or Hell. — The Third Part. — The PREAMBLE. — CHAP. I. Of the Happy and Miserable Worlds. — CHAP. II. Whether there be such kinds and sorts of Creatures in the Happy and Blessed World, as in this World. — CHAP. III. Of the Births and Deaths of the Heavenly World. — CHAP. IV. Whether those Creatures could be named Blessed, that are subject to dye. — CHAP. V. Of the Productions of the Creatures of the Regular World. — CHAP. VI. Whether the Creatures in the Blessed World, do Feed, and Evacuate. — CHAP. VII. Of the Animals, and of the Food of the Humans of the Happy World. — CHAP. VIII. Whether it is not Irregular, for one Creature to feed on another. — CHAP. IX. Of the Continuance of Life in the Regular World. — CHAP. IX. Of the Excellency and Happiness of the Creatures of the Regular World. — CHAP. XI. Of Human Creatures in the Regular World. — CHAP. XII. Of the Happiness of Human Creatures in the Material World. — The Fourth Part. — CHAP. I. Of the Irregular World. — CHAP. II. Of the Productions and Dissolutions of the Creatures of the Irregular World. — CHAP. III. Of Animals, and of Humans, in the Irregular World. — CHAP. IV. Of Objects, and Perceptions. — CHAP. V. The Description of the Globe of the Irregular World. — CHAP. VI. Of the Elemental Air, and Light of the Irregular WORLD. — CHAP. VII. Of Storms, and Tempests, in the Irregular World. — CHAP. VIII. Of the several Seasons, or rather, of the several Tempers in the Irregular World. — CHAP. IX. The Conclusion of the Irregular and Unhappy or Cursed World. — The Fifth Part, Being divided into FIFTEEN SECTIONS. — Concerning Restoring-Beds, or Wombs. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — THE CONCLUSION. — FINIS.

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