The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 8F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - Theology |
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... hath , sometimes had so much weight , and appear- ed so formidable to me , that I have been almost tempted to throw my pen into the fire , rather than employ it against any cur- rent opinion . A sincere love , however , of the science ...
... hath , sometimes had so much weight , and appear- ed so formidable to me , that I have been almost tempted to throw my pen into the fire , rather than employ it against any cur- rent opinion . A sincere love , however , of the science ...
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... hath adapted physical causes to the production of their respective effects : it will introduce them to a knowlege of things , instead of leaving them to founder in a set of hard words , which , as I shall here- after shew , have not yet ...
... hath adapted physical causes to the production of their respective effects : it will introduce them to a knowlege of things , instead of leaving them to founder in a set of hard words , which , as I shall here- after shew , have not yet ...
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... hath never yet been under- stood ; and in the application of which he was not very consistent with himself , as we fhall find hereafter . The followers of Newton and Descartes having thus admitted something which is arbitrary in the ...
... hath never yet been under- stood ; and in the application of which he was not very consistent with himself , as we fhall find hereafter . The followers of Newton and Descartes having thus admitted something which is arbitrary in the ...
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... hath said the best that was to be said upon the occa- sion . If this should give but little trouble , we have not much to fear from any body else . He has brought together several argu- ments against the doctrine of a general mechanism ...
... hath said the best that was to be said upon the occa- sion . If this should give but little trouble , we have not much to fear from any body else . He has brought together several argu- ments against the doctrine of a general mechanism ...
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... hath chosen upon this occasion , can do no service to any cause whatsoever . His design is plainly this to throw some difficulties in the way , and then lay the foundation of his own philoso- phy in that ignorance which is common to us ...
... hath chosen upon this occasion , can do no service to any cause whatsoever . His design is plainly this to throw some difficulties in the way , and then lay the foundation of his own philoso- phy in that ignorance which is common to us ...
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Page 117 - small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a " distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, " but also upon one another, for producing a great part of the phenomena of nature?
Page 366 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle: and herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 109 - Newton provided evidence to show that there " are therefore agents in nature able to make the particles of bodies stick together by very strong attractions. And it is the business of experimental philosophy to find them out.
Page 350 - ... a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 2 - Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen, know him that is...
Page 95 - Phaenomenon is not produced sans moyen, that is, without some Cause capable of producing such an Effect ; is undoubtedly true. Philosophers therefore may search after and discover That Cause if they can ; be it mechanical or not mechanical.
Page 135 - And though this increase of density may at great distances be exceeding slow, yet if the elastic force of this medium be exceeding great it may suffice to impel bodies from the denser parts of the medium towards the rarer with all that power which we call gravity.
Page 351 - You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God ; laying before us two books or volumes to study, if we will be secured from error; first, the Scriptures, revealing the will of God ; and then the creatures, expressing his power...
Page v - An Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy: Wherein the Use of Natural Means, or Second Causes, in the Oeconomy of the Material World, Is Demonstrated from Reason, Experiments of Various Kinds, and the Testimony of Antiquity (Oxford and Dublin: W.
Page 336 - ... of things, which would seem to be but a vain and idle pomp, or a trifling formality, if the...