 | Robert Nadeau - 1984 - 132 pages
..."occult qualities, supposed to result from the specific form of things." They should be viewed rather as "general laws of nature, by which the things themselves are formed." 7 The obligation of the scientific investigator is to uncover general laws that govern behavior of... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1986 - 428 pages
...objections. "These Principles I consider, not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd; their Truth appearing to us by Phaenomena, though their Causes be not yet discover'd. For these... | |
 | William Whewell - 1989 - 386 pages
...but also active principles, as gravity, fermentation, cohesion; he adds, "These principles I consider not as Occult Qualities, supposed to result from the...their truth appearing to us by phenomena, though their causes be not yet discovered. For these are manifest qualities, and their causes only are occult. And... | |
 | Michael R. Matthews - 1989 - 180 pages
...Bodies. These Principles I consider, not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd; their Truth appearing to us by Phaenomena, though their Causes be not yet discover'd. For these... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1989 - 300 pages
...Bodies. These Principles I consider, not as occult qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd; their Truth appearing to us by Phaenomena, though their causes be not yet discover'd. For these... | |
 | Joseph Mali - 2002 - 296 pages
...Gravity, Cohesion of Bodie] I consider, not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd; their Trutf1 appearing to us by Phaenomena, though their Causes be not yet discover'd ... to... | |
 | L.I Ponomarev, I.V Kurchatov - 1993 - 264 pages
...causes fermentation, and the cohesion of bodies. These principles I consider not as occult properties, supposed to result from the specific forms of things,...their truth appearing to us by phenomena, though their causes be not yet discovered." 24 Ba-Chzha, Late Chinese Chapter Two Spectra • Ions • Radiant Matter... | |
 | Richard S. Westfall - 1994 - 356 pages
...disclaimer. These Principles I consider, not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd; their Truth appearing to us by Phaenomena, though their Causes be not yet discover'd. For these... | |
 | Steven Shapin - 1996 - 236 pages
...necessarily to speak either as an Aristotelian or as a Renaissance occultist: "These principles I consider, not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the...their Truth appearing to us by Phenomena, though their Causes be not yet discovered. For these are manifest Qualities, and their Causes only are occult."... | |
 | John Desmond Bernal - 1997 - 326 pages
...Bodies. These Principles I consider not as occult Qualities, supposed to result from the specifick Forms of Things, but as general Laws of Nature, by which the Things themselves are form'd, their Truth appearing to us by Phenomena, though their Causes be not yet discover'd. For these... | |
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These principles I consider not as occult qualities, supposed to result from the specific forms of things, but as general laws of nature by which the things themselves are formed : their truth appearing to us by phenomena, though their causes be not yet... 
