...probably to be added to the number. " The main business of natural philosophy," says Sir Isaac Newton, " 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...

...Newton's own language, however, which alone can do justice to his sentiments on the present subject. " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...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...

...Newton's own language, however, which alone can do justice to his sentiments on the present subject. " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects till we corne to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to unfold the...

...valued ;' — and that ' the business of natural philosophy is to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very First Cause, which certainly is not mechanical:' — but we can go much further, and declare, still with Newton, that ' this beautiful system could...

...more general ones, till the argument ends in the most general!" And in like manner in another Query*: "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the First Cause, which is certainly not mechanical." 3. Newton appears to have had...

...the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."73 " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the First Cause, which is certainly not mechanical." 7* 34. In shutting out the Creator,...

...hypotheses for explaining all things mechanically, and referring other causes to ' metaphysics ; ' whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, — which certainly is not mechanical." * Give to the ambitious...

...discoveries, says: " We are always meeting powers which surpass mere mechanism." Newton himself says: " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without framing hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which...

...respondere parati. How wise, then, after these portentous speculations, appear the words of a great philosopher ! 'The main business of natural philosophy...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the First Cause, which is certainly not mechanical.' — (Newton.) CHAPTER VIlI. THE...

...respondere parati. How wise, then, after these portentous speculations, appear the words of a great philosopher ! ' The main business of natural philosophy...feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the First Cause, which is certainly not mechanical.' — (Newton.) CHAPTER VIII. THE...