 | Michael J. Buckley - 2004 - 204 sivua
..."main business" of his mechanics: "The main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena 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,... | |
 | F. LeRon Shults - 2005 - 340 sivua
...the idea of a completely mechanistic and materialist view of nature. In the Opticks he insisted that 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."5 Newton's well-known fascination with alchemy... | |
 | Iain Hamilton Grant - 2006 - 264 sivua
...failed grounding of corporeal nature, Schelling refers to Newton's twenty-eighth query in the Opticks: 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 does it not appear from phenomena that... | |
 | Joe Milutis - 234 sivua
...world's machinations: "Whereas the main business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phaenomena 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,... | |
 | Intelligent Community The Intelligent Community, Barry Krusch - 2007 - 163 sivua
...comparable assertion when he states that "the main Business of natural Philosophy is to argue from Phinomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which is certainly not mechanical". In the final sentence of this Query, he concludes:... | |
 | 1868 - 756 sivua
...what that temper is. It would be dirHcult more aptly to describe it than by the words ofNewton : — "The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which is certainly not mechanical." To discuss this simple phrase, and to expand... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1850 - 572 sivua
...philosophia a Deo avocant, pleniores ad Deuin reducunt.' The language of Newton is no leas explicit : ' The business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena...to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical.' t In these views we are happy to think a large... | |
 | 1868 - 896 sivua
...what that temper is. It would be difficult more aptly to describe it than by the words of Newton : " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue...without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes from efftcts, till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." This phrase suggested... | |
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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... 
