 | William Whewell - 1836 - 420 sivua
...with no dangers of this kind. " The business of natural philosophy is," he says, (Optics, Qu. 28.) " to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses,...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... | |
 | 1836 - 566 sivua
...business of natural 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... | |
 | 1837 - 522 sivua
...with the pathology of disease. We may apply to medicine what Newton says of natural philosophy : " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypothesis, and to deduce causes from effects." There are some amongst ourselves, we regret to say,... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1837 - 548 sivua
...with the pathology of disease. We may apply to medicine what Newton says of natural philosophy : " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypothesis, and to deduce causes from effects." There are some amongst ourselves, we regret to say,... | |
 | 1837 - 556 sivua
...with the pathology of disease. We may apply to medicine what Newton says of natural philosophy : " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypothesis, and to deduce causes from effects." There are some amongst ourselves, we regret to say,... | |
 | Edward Tatham - 1840 - 810 sivua
...even if mistaken in his celestial forces securely trod in the exercise of philosophy and religion : " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...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,... | |
 | 1864 - 940 sivua
...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... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 430 sivua
...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,...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,... | |
 | 1852 - 1080 sivua
...some precepts which have been most admirably illustrated in the works of this illustrious philosopher, "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses,and to deduce causes from effects until we come to the very First Cause, which certainly... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 454 sivua
...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...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,... | |
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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... 
