| 1808 - Страниц: 500
...affign any law, as the efficient, operative caufe of any thing. A. law prefuppoles an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds...for it is the order, according to which that power a£ts. "Without this agent, without this power, which are both . diftinft from itfelf, the law does... | |
| 1802 - Страниц: 764
...assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. Л law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds...expression, ' the law of ' metallic nature,' may sound harsh to a philosophic ear, but it seems quite as justifiable as some others which are more familiar... | |
| 1803 - Страниц: 818
...the order of the universo is referred to " mechanism." But " a law pré-supposés an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds:...it implies a power, for it is the order according increased. Mr. Blunt labours \viih uncommon zeal to recommend the Unitaria» 'Irnctt; we think, nevertheless,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - Страниц: 1004
...assign any law as the efficient ope. rative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds,...the law does nothing ; is nothing. The expression, w the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and harsh to a philosophic car, but it seems quite... | |
| 1807 - Страниц: 1012
...to assign any Jaw as the efficient operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds,...power,, which are both distinct from itself, the law doca nothing ; is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and harsb... | |
| William Paley - 1810 - Страниц: 498
...assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds...implies a power, for it is the order according to whigh * Ch. I. Sect. vii. that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct... | |
| William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - Страниц: 350
...cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode,. according to. which an acent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order...which that power acts. Without this agent, without P 3. '33*. BEAUTIES OF PALET. this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - Страниц: 574
...assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds...power acts. Without this agent, without this power, wbich are both distinct from itself, the " law" does nothing; is nothing. What has been said concerning... | |
| William Paley - 1813 - Страниц: 572
...assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposed an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds...without this power, which are both distinct from itself, tl>e " law " does nothing ; is nothing. What has been said concerning " law," holds true of mechanism.... | |
| Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - Страниц: 554
...operative, cause of any thu>g. A law presupposes an agent j for it is only the mode, according to w Inch an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the...this power, which are. both distinct from itself, the taw does nothing; is nothing. The expression, " the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and... | |
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