But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this — we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws. The American Naturalist - Стр. 3231880Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| William Whewell - 1833 - Страниц: 416
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws. This, which is the view of the universe proper to science, whose office it is to search out these laws,... | |
| William Whewell - 1833 - Страниц: 298
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws. This, which is the view of the universe proper to science, whose office it is to search out these laws,... | |
| 1836 - Страниц: 566
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws. This, which is the view of the universe proper to science, whose office it is to search out these laws,... | |
| William Whewell - 1841 - Страниц: 256
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least...can perceive that events are brought about, not by msolated interpositions of divine power exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of... | |
| William Whewell - 1852 - Страниц: 244
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least...can perceive that events are brought about, not by insolated interpositions of divine power exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment... | |
| Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1860 - Страниц: 772
...accordingly. One of the mottoes prefixed by Mr. Darwin to his work is the saying of Whewell, that " in regard to the material world we can at least go so...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws." This is undoubtedly true as a norma of human experience, as a statement of the process of things so... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1861 - Страниц: 470
...-ft' •'- - - . •/'^,-;-'-, -r. --;•;•:>': ; - : - ', - .-" f < m ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. " But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far aa this — we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine... | |
| William Whewell - 1862 - Страниц: 352
...are from any faculty of conceiving how the universe, material and moral, is the work of the Deity. But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;—we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of divine power... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1864 - Страниц: 472
... . Z. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. " But with regard to the material world, we can at least...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws." W. WHKWELL : Bridgewater Treatise. " To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1866 - Страниц: 668
... ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. " But with regard to the material world, wo can at least go so Jar as this — we can perceive that events are brought...particular case, but by the establishment of general laws." WHEWELL: Bridgetcater Treatise. " The only distinct meaning of the word ' natural ' is stated, ftrtd,... | |
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