 | John Tudor - 1847 - 468 sivua
...general principles by which the pheno" mena were explained and proved. "When I wrote (says Newton) my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such...work with considering men for the belief of a Deity." Newton began with the being of God;. .he asserted that all natural philosophy led op to God (de Deo... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 322 sivua
...mentions that when he wrote his treatise about our system, namely, the Third Book of the Principia, " he had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a deity, and he expressed his happiness that it has been found useful for that purpose. In answering the first query... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 316 sivua
...mentions that when he wrote his treatise about our system, namely, the Third Book of the Principia, " he had an eye upon such principles •as might work with considering men for the belief of a deity, and he expressed his happiness that it has been found useful for that purpose. In answering the first query... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 318 sivua
...mentions that when he wrote Ms treatise about our system, namely, the Third Book of the Prlacipia, "he had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief rf a deity, and he expressed his happiness that it has Ifea found useful for that purpose. In answering... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 592 sivua
...him, that when he wrote his treatise about our system, viz., the Third Book of the Principia, " he had an eye upon such principles as might work, with considering men, for the belief of a Deity," and he expresses his happiness that it has been found useful for that purpose. " But if I have done." he... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 sivua
...much indebted. In one of these Newton says that when he wrote the third book of the ' Principia' ' lie had an eye upon such principles as might work, with considering men, for the belief of a Deity.' On one occasion, in 1714, having dined with M. Deslandes, author of ' A Critical History of Philosophy,'... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1878 - 1070 sivua
...1692,) Sir Isaac (then Mr.) Newton remarks, that in composing the Third Book of the Principia, ' he ! he expresses his happiness that it has been found useful for that purpose.' The modesty of this great... | |
 | 1878 - 1074 sivua
...1692,) Sir Isaac (then Mr.) Newton remarks, that in composing the Third Book of the Principia, ' he had an eye upon such principles as might work, with considering men, for the belief of a Deity, and he expresses his happiness that it has been found useful for that purpose.' The modesty of this great... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1879 - 672 sivua
...At the beginning of a letter of Newton to Dr. Bentley, written in 1692, are these words: — "When 1 wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon...purpose. But if I have done the public any service in this way, it is due to nothing but industry and patient thought." 11 a correspondence. In one of... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1879 - 668 sivua
...At the beginning of a letter of Newton to Dr. Bentley, written in 1692, are these words: — "When 1 wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon...more than to find it useful for that purpose. But if 1 have done the public any service in this way, it is due to nothing but industry and patient thought."... | |
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When I wrote my Treatise about our System *, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. 
