Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... material world brings before us a number of things and relations of things which suggest to most minds the belief of a creating and presiding Intelligence . And this impression , which arises with the most vague and superficial ...
... material world brings before us a number of things and relations of things which suggest to most minds the belief of a creating and presiding Intelligence . And this impression , which arises with the most vague and superficial ...
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... of the rules by which these causes act . The variety of the effects takes place , because the circumstances in different cases vary ; and not because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance B 2 OBJECT . 3.
... of the rules by which these causes act . The variety of the effects takes place , because the circumstances in different cases vary ; and not because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance B 2 OBJECT . 3.
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William Whewell. because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance in the result . And again , though the vital movements which go on in the frame of vegetables and animals depend on agencies still less known , and probably ...
William Whewell. because the action of material causes leaves anything to chance in the result . And again , though the vital movements which go on in the frame of vegetables and animals depend on agencies still less known , and probably ...
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... material universe and their operation , we may hope , in a somewhat similar manner , to be able to direct our judgment concerning the government of the universe : concerning the mode in which the elements are regulated and controlled ...
... material universe and their operation , we may hope , in a somewhat similar manner , to be able to direct our judgment concerning the government of the universe : concerning the mode in which the elements are regulated and controlled ...
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... material world ; all modes of action and rules of causation , according to which they operate on each other . The whole course of the visible universe , therefore , is but the collective result of such laws ; its movements are only the ...
... material world ; all modes of action and rules of causation , according to which they operate on each other . The whole course of the visible universe , therefore , is but the collective result of such laws ; its movements are only the ...
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