 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...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 261by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
 | George Hayward Joyce - 1908 - 448 pages
...things mechanically . . . whereas the ' main business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from ' phenomena without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce ' causes...come to the very first cause, 'which certainly is not mechanical."2 It will be evident from these citations that the method employed by this greatest of... | |
 | Ralph Allen Sampson - 1914 - 164 pages
...to this question: (Qu. 28) — "the main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenohiena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes...Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which is certainly not mechanical. And not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World but chiefly to resolve... | |
 | Ralph Allen Sampson - 1914 - 164 pages
...to this question: (Qu. 28) — "the main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes...Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which is certainly not mechanical. And not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World but chiefly to resolve... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1915 - 672 pages
...causes to metaphysics : whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from...chiefly to resolve these and such like questions. What is there in places almost empty of matter and whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate... | |
 | George Hayward Joyce - 1916 - 460 pages
...things mechanically . . . whereas the ' main business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from ' phenomena without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce ' causes...first cause, ' which certainly is not mechanical." z It will be evident from these citations that the method employed by this greatest of scientific discoverers... | |
 | Edwin Arthur Burtt - 1925 - 382 pages
...knowledge and control. " Whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes...chiefly to resolve these and such like questions. ... Is not the sensory of animals that place to which the sensitive substance is present, and into... | |
 | Adolph Judah Snow - 1926 - 268 pages
...other causes to Metaphysics. Whereas the main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning Hypotheses and to deduce causes from...cause, which certainly is not mechanical . . . and, though every step made in this Philosophy (Natural Philosophy) brings us not immediately to the Knowledge... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1927 - 856 pages
...about his speculative opinions : " The main business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes...very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical. . . . Does it not appear from Phenomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent, omnipresent,... | |
 | 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...very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical " (p. 336.) "Query 19. Are not the Rays of Light very small Bodies emitted from shining Substances?... | |
 | 1877 - 804 pages
...words of Sir Isaac Newton : — , " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes...effects till we come to the very first cause which is certainly not mechanical. And not only to resolve the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve... | |
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