 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...every true Step made in this Philofophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the firft Caufe, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued. • . §>u. 29. Are not the Rays of Light very fmall Bodies emitted from mining Subftances? For fuch... | |
 | Robert Spearman - 1755 - 466 pages
...true ftep made in this philofophy " brings us not immediately to the know" ledge of the firft caufe, yet it brings us " nearer to it ; and on that account is to " be highly valued." So his definition of his Deus makes him to exift in one perfon ; direftly oppofite, as I faid above,... | |
 | 1832 - 642 pages
...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 account is highly to be valued. * * * * And if natural philosophy in all its parts shall at length be perfected,... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...by that which in us perceives and thinks ; and though every true step made in this philosophy bring us not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...to it, and on that account is to be highly valued ?" It is thus that Newton speaks of a Supreme Being ; and even those who might dispute the arguments... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 pages
...by that which in us perceives and thinks ; and though every true step made in this philosophy bring us not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...to it, and on that account is to be highly valued ?" It is thus that Newton speaks of a Supreme Being ; and even those who might dispute the arguments... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...by that which in us perceives and thinks ; and though every true step made in this philosophy bring us not immediately to the knowledge of the First Cause,...to it, and on that account is to be highly valued ?" It is thus that Newton speaks of a Supreme Being ; and even those who might dispute the arguments... | |
 | William Whewell - 1833 - 298 pages
...deduce cause from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which is certainly not mechanical." " Though every true step made in this philosophy brings...to the knowledge of 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... | |
 | 1833 - 426 pages
...true step made in this philosophy bring us not immediately to the knowledge of the First Саше, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued ?' > " It is thus that Newton speaks of a Supreme Being ; and even those who might disputo the arguments... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1834 - 190 pages
...may be well to fortify this conclusion by two quotations from the latter part of Newton's Optics. " 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... | |
 | William Whewell - 1836 - 420 pages
...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... | |
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Of which things the Images only carried through the Organs of Sense into our little Sensoriums, are there seen and beheld by that which in us perceives and thinks. And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge... 
