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" It is inconceivable, that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential... "
Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton - Page 466
by David Brewster - 1855
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 4

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason...
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The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ...

John Playfair - 1822 - 464 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, •which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact,- as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be...
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Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions

1824 - 878 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

1824 - 844 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be...
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The theology of the early patriarchs, illustrated by an appeal to ..., Volume 1

Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter, without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason...
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Malvern Hills: With Minor Poems and Essays, Volume 1

Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without " the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate " upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must " do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and " inherent in it. And this is one...
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Metaphysical Inquiry Into Method, Objects, and Result of Ancient and Modern ...

Isaac Preston Cory - 1833 - 522 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if Gravitation in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason...
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The works of Richard Bentley, collected and ed. by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Richard Bentley - 1838 - 580 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent iu it. And this is one reason...
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The North American Review, Volume 60

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pages
...that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you...
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