 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1814 - 582 pages
...the very first cause, which " certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to unfold the me" chanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such " like questions : Whence is it thai Nature does nothing in vain ; " and whence arises all that order and beauty which we see in the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 560 pages
...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, but chiefly to resolve these and surh like questions : Whence is it that Nature does nothing in vain; and whence arises all that ordtr... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1821 - 706 pages
...certainly is not • • mechanical ; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, •• bat chiefly to resolve these and such like questions : Whence is it •• that . Vi/iwrt doet nothing in vain ; and whence arises all tluit order " and beauty which we tee in the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 pages
...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, but chiefly to re" solve these and such like questions: Whence is it that Nature does '' nothing in vain ; and whence... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...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, but...all that order and beauty which we see in the world 1 — How came the bodies of animals to be contrived with so much art, and for what ends were there... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 pages
...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, but...Whence is it that Nature does nothing in vain; and lohence arises all that order and beauty which we see in the world ? — How came the bodies of animals... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...deduce rauses from effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanital ; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but...chiefly to resolve these, and such like questions. Newton. Later philosophers feign hypotheses for explaining all things mechanically, and refer other... | |
 | Physics - 1832 - 642 pages
...causes from effects until we come to the very First Cause, which certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but 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... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1833 - 426 pages
...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, but chiefly to resolve these and such like questions. What is there in placee almost empty of matter, and whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...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, but 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... | |
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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... 
