“I look upon a good physician, not so properly as a servant to nature, as one, that is a counsellor and friendly assistant, who, in his patient's body, furthers those motions and other things, that he judges conducive to the welfare and recovery of it; but as to those, that he perceives likely to be hurtful, either by increasing the disease, or otherwise endangering the patient, he thinks it is his part to oppose or hinder, though nature do manifestly enough seem to endeavour the exercising or carrying on those hurtful motions.” ThinkingLooksEnoughBodySeemsScienceJudgingExerciseDiseasePatientRecoveryPerceiveServantWelfareLook UpFriendlyPhysiciansDiagnosisAssistantsHinderEndeavourHurtfulCarrying OnCounsellors Book:Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature Source: Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature
“There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.” BodyLawCertainForceSeaEasierOceanDepthDeeperSinkingHinderBaseness Book:Conversations on Some of the Old Poets Source: Conversations on Some of the Old Poets