Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureJoseph Graham, 1839 - 375 pagina's |
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... laws of metallic nature . It is a perversion of lan- guage to assign any law , as the efficient , operative cause of any thing . A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode , according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a ...
... laws of metallic nature . It is a perversion of lan- guage to assign any law , as the efficient , operative cause of any thing . A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode , according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a ...
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... laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays of light are regulated . I speak not of the origin of the laws themselves ; but such laws being fixed , the construction , in both cases , is adapted to them . For instance ; these laws ...
... laws by which the transmission and refraction of rays of light are regulated . I speak not of the origin of the laws themselves ; but such laws being fixed , the construction , in both cases , is adapted to them . For instance ; these laws ...
Pagina 14
... laws of mechanism taking place ; whereas , in the automaton , for the com- paratively few motions of which it is capable , we trace the mechanism throughout . But , up to the limit , the reasoning is as clear and certain in the one case ...
... laws of mechanism taking place ; whereas , in the automaton , for the com- paratively few motions of which it is capable , we trace the mechanism throughout . But , up to the limit , the reasoning is as clear and certain in the one case ...
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... laws that regulate both , may furnish topics of fair and just com- parison . Two things were wanted to the eye , which were not wanted ( at least in the same degree ) to the telescope ; and these were the adaptation of the organ , first ...
... laws that regulate both , may furnish topics of fair and just com- parison . Two things were wanted to the eye , which were not wanted ( at least in the same degree ) to the telescope ; and these were the adaptation of the organ , first ...
Pagina 17
... laws by which the transmission of light is re- gulated ( and these laws are fixed ) , could not be done without the organ itself undergoing an alteration , and receiving an adjustment , that might correspond with the exigency of the ...
... laws by which the transmission of light is re- gulated ( and these laws are fixed ) , could not be done without the organ itself undergoing an alteration , and receiving an adjustment , that might correspond with the exigency of the ...
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