Those hypotheses do not a little hinder the progress of Humane knowledge, that introduce Morals and Politicks into the Explications of Corporeal Nature, where all things are indeed transacted according to Laws Mechanical.

— Robert Boyle, Reflections upon the Hypothesis of Alcali and Acidum (1675)

Source: https://archive.org/details/experimentsnotes00boyl/page/n266/mode/1up

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