 When we speak of forms, we understand nothing more than the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute any simple nature, such as heat, light, weight, in all kinds of matter susceptible of them ; so that the form of heat, or the form of light,...  The American Library of Useful Knowledge - Page 41832Full view - About this book
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 912 pages
...naturante idea dictiir."3 Bacon3 says, "When we speak of forms, we understand nothing more than the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...of heat, or the form of light, and the law of heat, and the law of light, are the same thing." Again he says,4 " Since the form of a thing is the very... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 698 pages
...nattirante idea dictiir."3 Bacon' says, "When we speak of forms, we understand nothing more than the law* and modes of action which regulate and constitute...that the form of heat, or the form of light, and the taw of heat, and the law of light, are the same thing." Again he says,4 " Since the form of a thing... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1876 - 344 pages
..."Eadem res est forma calidi vel forma luminis, et lex calidi aut lex luminis;" — "The same thing is the form of heat or the form of light, and the law of heat or the law of light." As the essence of every thing determines what it is, and the form of it determines how it is, or what... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1876 - 330 pages
..."Eadem res est forma calidi vel forma luminis, et lex calidi aut lex luminis;" — "The same thing is the form of heat or the form of light, and the law of heat or the law of light." As the essence of every thing determines what it is, and the form of it determines how it is, or what... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1878 - 1082 pages
...naturanle idea diclur."* Bacon* says, "When we speak of forms, we understand nothing more than the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...of heat, or the form of light, and the law of heat, and the law of light, are the same thing." Again he says,4 " Since the form of a thing is the very... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1881 - 1080 pages
...naturante idea die fur."* Bacon 3 says, "When we speak of forms, we understand nothing more than the taws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...of heat, or the form of light, and the law of heat, and the law of light, are the same thing." Again he says, 4 " Since the form of a thing is the very... | |
 | William Fleming - 1890 - 458 pages
...Ancient Metaphysics, bk. ii. ch. ii.). "When wo speak of forms we understand nothing more than the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...of heat, or the law of light, are the same thing." Again, " since the form of a thing is the very thing itself, and the thing no otherwise differs from... | |
 | 1890 - 1208 pages
...farm as expressing the essence of a thing. Lord Bacon said: "When we speak of form, we understand the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...matter susceptible of them; so that the form of heat and the law of heat, or the form of light and the law of light, are the same thing." " The form of... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 958 pages
...as expressing the essence of a thing. Lord Bacon said: "When we speak of 'forme, we understand the laws and modes of action which regulate and constitute...matter susceptible of them; so that the form of heat and the law of heat, or the form of light and the law of light, are the same thing." " The form of... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 1903 - 396 pages
..."Eadem res est forma calidi vel forma luminis, et lex calidi aut lex luminis;" — "The same thing is the form of heat or the form of light, and the law of heat or the law of light." As the essence of every thing determines what it is, and the -form of it determines how it is, or what... | |
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