 | Dugald Stewart - 1921 - 660 pages
...sentiments oo the present subject. " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phe" nomena, without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from " effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not " mechanical ; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the... | |
 | Edwin Arthur Burtt - 1925 - 382 pages
...omnipresence of God ; it is also the infinite scene of the d1vine knowledge and control. " Whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world,... | |
 | Adolph Judah Snow - 1926 - 270 pages
...Hypotheses for explaining all things mechanically, and referring other causes to Metaphysics. Whereas the main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical . . . and, though every step made in this Philosophy... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1927 - 856 pages
...less systematic queries in the book on Optics, Newton tells us more about his speculative opinions : " The main business of natural Philosophy is to argue...to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical. . . . Does it not appear from Phenomena that there... | |
 | Mathematical Association - 1927 - 222 pages
...of chemistry at every point, especially his affirmation, that the main business of natural science is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects. The balance of precision is the chemist's inseparable companion, as he constantly uses it in the estimation... | |
 | History of Science Society - 1928 - 392 pages
...Fluid Medium? .... The main Business of Natural Philisophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feinging Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical " (p. 336.) "Query 19. Are not the Rays of Light... | |
 | 1877 - 804 pages
...subject, he is justified in adopting and emphasizing the noble words of Sir Isaac Newton : — , " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause which is certainly not mechanical. And not only to resolve the mechanism of the world,... | |
 | Morris Kline - 1964 - 513 pages
...the Scriptures. Most eloquent is Newton's statement of the classic argument for the existence of God: The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical. . . What is there in places almost empty of matter,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1877 - 540 pages
...mechanically, and referring other causes to metaphysics. Where* LED I>hil. Ma-., 1801, vol. xxi, p. 503. as the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." * It has already been noticed that elasticity... | |
 | Morris Kline - 1982 - 380 pages
...his Opticks (I704) of the classic argument for the existence of God as the framer of the universe: The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first, which certainly is not mechanical. . . . What is there in places almost empty of matter,... | |
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Whereas the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of... 
