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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... operations of nature depend , being matters of fact , and not points of speculation , it is evidence alone that can lead us to any rational determination . My design at present , therefore , is to col- lect as much of this evidence as ...
... operations of nature depend , being matters of fact , and not points of speculation , it is evidence alone that can lead us to any rational determination . My design at present , therefore , is to col- lect as much of this evidence as ...
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... operation of which can be experi- mentally demonstrated ; I shall humbly endeavour to shew , that the modern philo- sophy , although it has carried natural know- lege to a great height in some respects , can furnish no sound arguments ...
... operation of which can be experi- mentally demonstrated ; I shall humbly endeavour to shew , that the modern philo- sophy , although it has carried natural know- lege to a great height in some respects , can furnish no sound arguments ...
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... operations of nature are immediately owing to mechanical causes , or whether they are conducted after a man- ner unknown ... operation of mechanical agents is thought to be an absurdity . This method of philosophising is the very thing ...
... operations of nature are immediately owing to mechanical causes , or whether they are conducted after a man- ner unknown ... operation of mechanical agents is thought to be an absurdity . This method of philosophising is the very thing ...
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... operations : whoever , says he , entertains this opinion , is , I think , obliged in reason to be able to explain particularly , by what laws of mechanism the planets and comets can continue to move in the orbs they do through unresist ...
... operations : whoever , says he , entertains this opinion , is , I think , obliged in reason to be able to explain particularly , by what laws of mechanism the planets and comets can continue to move in the orbs they do through unresist ...
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... that nature has a wise author at the head of it , and is governed by consistent laws , not by such as are capri- cious and contradictory . The wisdom of ་ God God will be uniform in its operations ; and if 26 On the Mechanism.
... that nature has a wise author at the head of it , and is governed by consistent laws , not by such as are capri- cious and contradictory . The wisdom of ་ God God will be uniform in its operations ; and if 26 On the Mechanism.
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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...