 | 1836 - 566 sivua
...philosophy is," he says, (Optics, Qu. 28.) " to argue from phenomena without signing hypotheses, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." " Though every true step made in this philosophy brings us not immediately to the knowledge... | |
 | William Whewell - 1836 - 420 sivua
...philosophy is," he says, (Optics, Qu. 28.) " 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." " Though every true step made in this philosophy brings us not immediately to the knowledge... | |
 | George Ensor - 1838 - 638 sivua
...brings us nearer to the First Cause, and is on that account highly to be valued ;" — and that " the business of natural philosophy is to deduce causes...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... | |
 | William Whewell - 1840 - 606 sivua
...brings us nearer to the First Cause, and is on that account highly to be valued ;" — and that " the business of natural philosophy is to deduce causes...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... | |
 | Edward Tatham - 1840 - 810 sivua
...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 material." — Newton's Optics, p. 343. In this middle way, the very learned author of " Ancient extent... | |
 | 1864 - 940 sivua
...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 certainly is not mechanical;" and the following maxim is found in Cote's preface to Newton's Principia : " Causae simplicissimae... | |
 | William Whewell - 1845 - 208 sivua
...brings us nearer to the First Cause, and is on that account highly to be valued ; " — and that " the business of natural philosophy is to deduce causes...come to the very First Cause, which certainly is not mechanical:" — but we can go much further, and declare, still with 8 170 PALjETIOLOGY. Newton, that... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 430 sivua
...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 mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these, and such... | |
 | Evans Bell - 1852 - 152 sivua
...the great philosopher's great work is filled with admissions that the business of physical science is " to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very First Cause," and that " every true step made in inductive philolophy is to be highly valued, because it brings us... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 450 sivua
...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 the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such... | |
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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... 
