...Philofophy is to argue from pbœncmena, without feigning hypöthefe», and to deduce caufes from effefts, till we come to the VERY FIRST CAUSE, which certainly is not material." Ha:c brevitèr effata et delibata tantùm, fufiùs exponere, atque ex philofophiu prima...

...can do justice to his sentiments on the present subject. " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena, without feigning hypotheses,...mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and surh like questions : Whence is it that Nature does nothing in vain; and whence arises all that ordtr...

...can do justice to his sentiments on the present subject. ** The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from " phenomena, without feigning hypotheses,...certainly is not mechanical ; and not only to unfold the me" chanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such " like questions : Whence is it thai...

...observations, which may serve as a specimen of the opinions of Newton : The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from, phenomena, without feigning hypotheses,...very first cause,, which certainly is not mechanical. Therefore natural effects of the same kind are to be ascribed to the same cause. Those properties of...

...obeyed it." Yet this great man tells him and the world—" The main business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses;...not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chirjly to resolve these and such like questions—Whence is it that nature does nothing in vain ?...

...philosophy is to argue from phe•• iHimena, without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes i'rom " effects till we come to the very first cause, which...and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, •• bat chiefly to resolve these and such like questions : Whence is it •• that . Vi/iwrt doet...

...sentiments on the present subject. " The main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenome" na, without feigning hypotheses, and to deduce causes...unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to re" solve these and such like questions: Whence is it that Nature does '' nothing in vain ; and whence...

...mechanically, and referring other causes to metaphysics ; whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses,...very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." In his letter to the Hon. Mr. Boyle (Ibid. p. 385), he says, " The truth is, my notions about things...

...mechanically, and referring other causes to metaphysics ; whereas the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses,...very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical." In his letter to the Hon. Mr. Boyle (Ibid. p. 385), he says, " The truth is, my notions about things...

...traced;" but its object is, as Newton expresses it, " to argue from phenomena without feigning hypothesis, and to deduce causes from effects, till we come to the very first cause, which is certainly not mechanical *." SECT. XVI. —" The opinions of Cuviet*' respecting this subject are...