 | William Whewell - 1836 - 420 sivua
...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...the first cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and is on that account highly to be valued." The Scholium, or note, which concludes his great work, the... | |
 | 1836 - 566 sivua
...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...the first cause, yet it brings us nearer to it and is on that account highly to be valued." The Scholium, or note, which concludes this great work, the... | |
 | 1839 - 684 sivua
...secondary causes as being injurious to our due apprehension and acknowledgment of the first cause ; so far from it they, in fact, furnish the sole rational...it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is highly to be valued.' " — pp. 179-182. 02 Interposition : Permanent Laws. " Unless we consent to... | |
 | John Harris - 1847 - 330 sivua
...Cause. " Though every true step made in this philosophy (physical science) brings us," says Newton, " not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account it is to be highly valued."* It is always conducting us in that direction, but can never certify us... | |
 | John Harris - 1849 - 526 sivua
...the Great Reason and Principle of the Whole. " Every true Step in this philosophy," says Newton,* " brings us not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and is on that account to be highly valued." And because the course of human inquiry thus leads from the... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 786 sivua
...may be well to fortify this conclusion by two quotations from the latter part of Newton's Opticks. " Though every true step made in this philosophy brings...to it, and on that account is to be highly valued." Again, he writes, "If natural philosophy in all its parts, by pursuing this method (of analysis and... | |
 | John Harris - 1850 - 322 sivua
...following considerations. step made in this philosophy (physical science) brings us," says Newton, "not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account it is to be highly valued." 1 It is always conducting us in that direction, but can never certify us... | |
 | John Harris - 1851 - 368 sivua
...following considerations. step made in this philosophy (physical science) brings us," says Newton, "not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account it is to be highly valued." 1 It is always conducting us in that direction, but can never certify us... | |
 | 1852 - 1080 sivua
...sensoriums, are there seen and beheld by that which in us perceives and thinks. And though every step in this philosophy brings us not immediately to the...it brings us nearer to it, and on that ac*count is highly to be valued. * * * * And if natural philosophy in all its parts shall at length be perfected,... | |
 | Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 sivua
...mechanical causes and effects, is the Infinite Cause of all. Sir Isaac Newton has truly said, " though every step made in this philosophy brings us not immediately...of the First Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it." Let the chain of material causation be lengthened out ever so far, we only feel however at the topmost... | |
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And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued. 
